NOTE: The Forest Service Winchester Lookout, maintained by the Mount Baker Club, is shuttered but is still open until November when it is closed and locked. The lookout will no longer be available as a shelter from November to approximately May due to user damage during the winter. We are sorry to have to do this, but vandalism at the shelter during the winter has increased to intolerable levels. If you had planned to use the lookout this winter, travel self-contained and be prepared with your own shelter. Click Here For Additional Information on why the lookout is shuttered during the winter.
Please respect the lookout and the USFS Wilderness Designation
No Drones!
Winchester Alpenglow 
A Little TLC 
Admiring the View 
Always Work to be Done 
Early Work 
Iside the Lookout 
The Flag Indicates the Lookout is Occupied 
Winchester Lookout 
From Inside Winchester Lookout 
The LO is in the Mt Baker Wilderness 
Early Summer 
LO View 
View to the North 
Winchester Mountain in Autumn 
A Recent MBC Outing 
Washington Trails Association Trip Reports
National Historic Lookout Register
MBC Old Flag Over Winchester YouTube Video
MBC New Flag Over Winchester YouTube Video
MBC Winchester Lookout Before Restoration YouTube Video
David’s Flickr albums with many more amazing Winchester (and Park Butte) photos!
Two Western Washington University photos of the lookout in use can be seen here and here.
Winchester Lookout Search on Flickr
Peakbaggers Information on Winchester Mountain
Summit Post Information on Winchester Mountain
!935 Gordon Fry Photos of the lookout under Construction courtesy of Al Fry
July 8, 2022 Snowpack at Winchester
Additional documents can be found in the Winchester Archives at Western Washington University Center for Pacific Northwest Studies Archives West Documents in Series 2: Club Activities, 1925-2002, Subseries 2: Winchester Lookout
