CHELAN COUNTY
TYEE MOUNTAIN
Wenatchee National Forest
27N-19E-5
27N-19E-5
August 27, 1970: "The most critical was the small, but dangerous, 300-acre Mott Creek fire in the Entiat district which threatened the Tyee Lookout Station about 50 miles north of Wenatchee, in north central Washington. An observer from the station was evacuated." (The Daily Chronicle)
DESIGNATION - TYEE FOREST SERVICE LOH
PID - SX1116
STATE/COUNTY- WA/CHELAN
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - TYEE MTN (1987)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1941 (JCS)
THE STATION MARK IS 6 FEET S OF THE STEPS OF THE LOOKOUT HOUSE.
TO REACH FROM WENATCHEE, GO N ON U.S. HIGHWAY 10 FOR 3.5 MILES TO
THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 97. TURN LEFT ONTO HIGHWAY 97 AND
CONTINUE 17.0 MILES TO A STANDARD SERVICE STATION ON LEFT JUST ON S
EDGE OF THE TOWN OF ENTIAT. TURN LEFT ONTO A HARD-SURFACED ROAD
AND FOLLOW WESTERLY FOR 12.0 MILES TO ARDENVOIR AND A LUMBER MILL ON
LEFT. TURN SHARP LEFT ACROSS A BRIDGE AND FOLLOW MAIN THOROUGHFARE
THROUGH THE MILL YARDS FOR 0.2 MILE, THENCE TAKE THE MAIN-TRAVELED
ROAD (MAD RIVER ROAD) WESTERLY UP A CANYON, KEEPING ON THE N SIDE OF
THE RIVER FOR 3.8 MILES TO FORKS AND SIGN TYEE MT. LOOKOUT. TAKE
RIGHT FORK MAIN-TRAVELED ROAD, GO 10.5 MILES TO THE END OF TRUCK
TRAVEL. FROM HERE FOLLOW A WELL-DEFINED TRAIL FOR 3.0 MILES TO THE
TYEE MOUNTAIN LOOKOUT HOUSE AND STATION. A 2 1/2-HOUR PACK.