Roy Schweiker
Shadow Mountain Lookout
Shadow Mountain Lookout
Shadow Mountain Lookout
Rocky Mountain National Park
Elevation: 9923
Status: Standing
Year Built: 1933
Structure type: Three-story, square plan, stone and frame building
Shadow Mountain Lookout is the only remaining fire detection tower in Rocky Mountain National Park. It was staffed in 2012 for the first time since the 1969 season after having been rehabilitated in 1982 and again in 1994-96. This building represents the type of rustic design advocated by Park Service administrators and designers.
If you have additional photos of Shadow Mountain Lookout, more information on the two photos of the structure, or more information on its history, please contact us.
Further reading about Shadow Mountain lookout:
- National Historic Lookout entry for Shadow Mountain.
- National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form
- National Park Service List of Classified Structures
- Grand County Sky-Hi News of July 4, 2012
- Forest Fire Lookout Towers of the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests and Rocky Mountain National Park.
Tom Veik
View from Shadow Mountain Lookout