Glad you captured that!

All these things that I wouldn’t see if someone wasn’t taking pictures and sharing them.

from your WA neighbor, on the other side of the mountains.

That’s a BIG public service you do - in some stark AND starkly GORGEOUS territory!

Thanks for such wonderful photography! Almost like being there.

When does your season end?

I was extended by two weeks this year because of drought and warm weather. Normally, we shut down the lookout shortly after Labor Day.

The Idaho Panhandle has a short season for most lookouts because of high elevations (7000'+) and high latitudes (47°N and higher). Late August usually brings season-ending rains, and early September can bring snow. Last year (2024) I had snow at the lookout on August 31.