Where in the Wild is Chris?
A weekly podcast and newsletter about Washington's historic fire lookouts—their stories, their history, and the ridiculous things that happen when you decide to visit all of them. And then staff one.
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| Issues | 22 | Founded | 5 months ago | Last Issue | 3 days ago |
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Fire Lookout Friday: The Oldest Tool in the Box
It’s 2026, and I spend my summers sitting in a little glass box on top of a mountain, looking for smoke.
I keep reading that this is “obsolete”.
For decades, newspaper stories about fire lookouts have followed a familiar formula:
Antiqua...
Fire Lookout Friday: On Presence, Ponies, and Scooping Manure
Thanks to a welcome shift in the weather with cooler temperatures, rain, and a fresh dusting of snow in the mountains, I came down from Goat Peak last week, for what was likely the end of my sixth fire lookout season.
Yesterday, I stood in...
Fire Lookout Friday: An Invitation to the Yakama Reservation
People often ask me which of Washington’s fire lookouts was the most difficult to reach. It’s never a simple answer, because many lookouts were difficult for completely different reasons.
North Twentymile stopped me four times over four ye...
Fire Lookout Friday: War Creek Ridge
Once upon a time, Washington had as many as 600 or 700 fire lookouts standing high on summits across the state. Many were decommissioned, dismantled, or simply lost to time, nature, and fires. While the structures themselves may be gone, ar...
Goat Peak: More Than Fire, Smoke, and Radio
The last few Fire Lookout Fridays have been about Goat Peak and well, it makes sense, since I’m living my life right now up here at the fire lookout. The duties up here are, of course, scanning the ridge lines, watching for smoke, watching...
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Photographer, storyteller, USFS fire lookout. Off-grid in the Methow Valley with three horses and a cattle dog. \ud83c\udf3b☀️
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