Tag Archives: lookout

The Accidental Tradition: Nordhoff Lookout

Posted December 22, 2015

Sequels seldom live up their predecessors, but I’m happy to report that trend was bucked this past October. So let me rewind a bit here. Just over a year ago, I led a crew of my intrepid Cub Scouts for … Continue reading →

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Return to Cuyama Peak

Posted May 25, 2014

Some time ago, I posted a short history of the Cuyama Peak lookout. Since then, I’ve visited the site a few more times after its 2011/2012 collapse and also uncovered some additional historical images of the old lookout. Madeye Bags … Continue reading →

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Lookout! No. 13 Santa Ynez Peak

Posted August 31, 2013

Another of the myriad of lookout towers set atop Los Padres points in 1934 (see Cuyama Peak and Thorn Point as examples), the Santa Ynez site is now — like its long-lost bethren — dominated by communications arrays. The 30′ … Continue reading →

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Lookout! Thorn Point, Redux

Posted July 26, 2012

After a fine day of bouldering and general forest revelry atop Pine Mountain with Troop 201, the uber-hund and I parted ways with the lady mountaineers and headed into Grade Valley.

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