Skalawag Ridge Fire Lookout Site

The name Skalaqwag Ridge is said to be named for a homesteader who packed in supplies for U.S. Forest Service crews but kept some of the supplies for himself. Regarding the fire lookout history:

In 1930, a 35-foot timber pole platform was built with a log cabin. The lookout site is 1/2 mile southeast of the summit at the end of a long ridge.

In 1934, a 40-foot pole tower with a 12x12 foot cab was built. The work was completed by mid-June by E.E. Sizemore and crew. Panoramic images were taken from the roof on September 29 at 52 feet above the ground. Around November, crews from the Growden CCC camp began construction of the Skalawag Ridge Road described as “being constructed from the South Fork Sherman Creek Road to the Skalawag Ridge lookout tower.” Work was expected to be completed by the end of the year.

A pole platform tower was also built 2 miles to the northwest (apparently still there in the 1980s).

In the 1950s, the lookout site was abandoned.

Skalawag Ridge Lookout Site