r/firelookouts

Hiked up to here 2 years ago, planning a cross country overlanding trip and tried to book it and was full. I tried a site called reservenature.com and plugged in my dates and it actually came through. It basically searches your dates and site and if if is available sends you a notice. I know it sounds like an ad but honestly I didnt think this would work but it did.

Wife and I were hiking from the Sunrise visitors center out to the Mt. Fremont fire lookout tower. As we rounded the corner at around noon, we saw a narrow smoke plume rising to the NE. We could see tall flames licking up trees at the fire reached the top of the reverse slope in pictures. As we hiked back from Fremont lookout, around 1pm, smoke plume had grown dramatically.

Elevation is 186 feet; one of the highest points on Cape Cod.