This 30' steel tower with 7x7' cab was built in 1941, and promptly abandoned in 1952. Since then, the accompanying ground cabin living quarters and the roof of the lookout have disappeared. Recent evidence suggests this tower may have come from Moses Mtn. where an identical tower was removed in 1938. There is a small hut with antenna beside the tower. I drove in after Strawberry so I took Twentyone Mile(98) but I missed the turn-off for the road that goes to the summit (BIA14?). I ended up going down 1123 (according to the road sign)which happens to be Sitdown creek. I then drove up some other road (I can't find a number for this road) to roughly 5000 ft. At this point there is a side spur that doesn't go very far and the road switchbacks and continues heading around but getting worse with narrow overgrown vegetation and more downed tree. So instead I went back to the spur and bushwacked up to around 6000ft where I met the road (BIA-14)and followed the road from there. Relatively easy bushwack (after Strawberry) 2.4 miles round trip (including the road) and 1368 ft. I got to this same spur road last fall coming up from Inchelium taking Hall Creek road then onto 1123 (Sitdown Creek Rd). You pass a road labeled BIA-14 and keep going until you come to a Y in the road and left continues on Sitdown Creek Rd (and then up to Lynx) but the right fork takes one up Grizzly. This map labels the road I went up Grizzly Trail. Looking at some satellite views of my SPOT track, if I had kept going I should have come to an intersection with BIA-14 which goes to the summit. A little snow at the top but not much. A lot of black flies though. References: http://www.willhiteweb.com/washington_fire_lookouts/grizzly_mountain/lookout_163.htm http://www.firelookout.com/wa/grizzly.html

Hiking/Backpacking

Ferry County, Washington, United States

time : May 29, 2020 6:03 PM

duration : 1h 56m 29s

distance : 2.4 mi

total_ascent : 1368 ft

highest_point : 6378 ft

avg_speed : 1.2 mi/h

user_id : littlesportsman

user_firstname : Lawrence

user_lastname : Kuracina

This 30' steel tower with 7x7' cab was built in 1941, and promptly abandoned in 1952. Since then, the accompanying ground cabin living quarters and the roof of the lookout have disappeared. Recent evidence suggests this tower may have come from Moses Mtn. where an identical tower was removed in 1938. There is a small hut with antenna beside the tower. I drove in after Strawberry so I took Twentyone Mile(98) but I missed the turn-off for the road that goes to the summit (BIA14?). I ended up going down 1123 (according to the road sign)which happens to be Sitdown creek. I then drove up some other road (I can't find a number for this road) to roughly 5000 ft. At this point there is a side spur that doesn't go very far and the road switchbacks and continues heading around but getting worse with narrow overgrown vegetation and more downed tree. So instead I went back to the spur and bushwacked up to around 6000ft where I met the road (BIA-14)and followed the road from there. Relatively easy bushwack (after Strawberry) 2.4 miles round trip (including the road) and 1368 ft. I got to this same spur road last fall coming up from Inchelium taking Hall Creek road then onto 1123 (Sitdown Creek Rd). You pass a road labeled BIA-14 and keep going until you come to a Y in the road and left continues on Sitdown Creek Rd (and then up to Lynx) but the right fork takes one up Grizzly. This map labels the road I went up Grizzly Trail. Looking at some satellite views of my SPOT track, if I had kept going I should have come to an intersection with BIA-14 which goes to the summit. A little snow at the top but not much. A lot of black flies though. References: http://www.willhiteweb.com/washington_fire_lookouts/grizzly_mountain/lookout_163.htm http://www.firelookout.com/wa/grizzly.html