Shorty Peak Lookout

Excellent experience. The lookout has been updated since our previous visit several years ago. Beautiful weather and we walked to the stream for water refills.
There were a lot of bugs and flies inside the lookout.

Excellent experience. The lookout has been updated since our previous visit several years ago. Beautiful weather and we walked to the stream for water refills.
There were a lot of bugs and flies inside the lookout.

Gorgeous views and a wonderful time making memories with family!! A perfect cabin to have a private retreat with 360 degree views!

Gorgeous views and a wonderful time making memories with family!! A perfect cabin to have a private retreat with 360 degree views!

My boyfriend and I were set to spend two nights here. We had a family emergency and had to leave just three hours after getting to the lookout. Though we didn’t spend any nights, I still wanted to leave a review for what we did experience. When I was reserving this, I felt like the pictures of the inside of the lookout seemed really underwhelming and blurry, so I wanted to be able to provide better, more telling pictures for future guests of this cabin. I took only a few pictures before we got our call telling us to get back home asap. This was our first “stay” at any sort of mountain lookout. It was super fun to be inside one and feel on top of the world. The weather was cloudy and windy but with patches of sunshine. Mosquitoes were horrendous at the trailhead but nonexistent at the lookout for us. We used Apple Maps for directions, and as other reviewers have mentioned, you definitely need to compare to this site’s written directions to get the correct start of the trek. We found it no problem though. We didn’t get to see the spring but the signage there was clear along the way to the lookout. There is a fire pit by the lookout with a grate. The outhouse looked in good condition. I left behind tp in the cabin. There is a good amount of tools & games in the lookout. The guest book is fun to flip through. We toyed with fixing up a window crank while there & wanted to find a way to help the door open/close better but ran out of our very short time. There is plenty of firewood up there from renovations this spring. There is also some drinking water, fuel for a backpacking stove, bug spray, etc. There is also a broom & bucket & brush to clean with. I swept the place once we got there and disinfected surfaces so we left it pretty clean. Lastly, the twin bed frames are not movable, but the table and its 2 chairs are. There are also a couple benches. Saw a couple elk on the drive but no major wildlife on the hike. No snow on the drive or hike.

My boyfriend and I were set to spend two nights here. We had a family emergency and had to leave just three hours after getting to the lookout. Though we didn’t spend any nights, I still wanted to leave a review for what we did experience. When I was reserving this, I felt like the pictures of the inside of the lookout seemed really underwhelming and blurry, so I wanted to be able to provide better, more telling pictures for future guests of this cabin. I took only a few pictures before we got our call telling us to get back home asap. This was our first “stay” at any sort of mountain lookout. It was super fun to be inside one and feel on top of the world. The weather was cloudy and windy but with patches of sunshine. Mosquitoes were horrendous at the trailhead but nonexistent at the lookout for us. We used Apple Maps for directions, and as other reviewers have mentioned, you definitely need to compare to this site’s written directions to get the correct start of the trek. We found it no problem though. We didn’t get to see the spring but the signage there was clear along the way to the lookout. There is a fire pit by the lookout with a grate. The outhouse looked in good condition. I left behind tp in the cabin. There is a good amount of tools & games in the lookout. The guest book is fun to flip through. We toyed with fixing up a window crank while there & wanted to find a way to help the door open/close better but ran out of our very short time. There is plenty of firewood up there from renovations this spring. There is also some drinking water, fuel for a backpacking stove, bug spray, etc. There is also a broom & bucket & brush to clean with. I swept the place once we got there and disinfected surfaces so we left it pretty clean. Lastly, the twin bed frames are not movable, but the table and its 2 chairs are. There are also a couple benches. Saw a couple elk on the drive but no major wildlife on the hike. No snow on the drive or hike.

Great cabin with amazing 360 degree views!

Great cabin with amazing 360 degree views!