I used to hike up Granite Peak in the Cascades, maybe 6 times in the 90s and 00s. That’s about 4 miles in, 3800 feet up, to reach a fire lookout tower much lik

I used to hike up Granite Peak in the Cascades, maybe 6 times in the 90s and 00s. That’s about 4 miles in, 3800 feet up, to reach a fire lookout tower much like the one in the article. One memorable time, I got passed by a lookout staffer muscling up the mountain with a propane tank strapped to his already heavy pack. By the time I caught up with him at the top, the tank had been put to good use, baking a batch of chocolate chip cookies. He shared :-)