Mestaa’ėhehe Mountain Fire Lookout

Mestaa’ėhehe Mountain Fire Lookout

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1936, Civilian Conservation Corps. Off Colorado Highway 103 via Forest Road 192.1.

Battered stone walls above a square concrete base form one-room living quarters. The wood-frame lookout above has a cantilevered catwalk around a central enclosed room with large glass panels on all sides, topped by a hipped roof. Also on the site atop Mestaa’ėhehe Mountain (formerly Squaw Mountain) are a peak locator on a stone pedestal and a stone pit toilet with a shed roof of flat stones. No longer used as a fire lookout, the structure now serves as an information booth and welcome center.

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