Spada Lake (97.97 miles away)
Gold Bar, Washington
Funk Mountain
Scout Route
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Funk Mountain is a short, dead-end spur off the main WABDR route, offering stunning views from an extra-tall lookout tower. The drive to the tower starts easy and progressively gets rougher, with the roughest section just before the summit. 4WD and a little extra clearance will be needed to traverse the exposed rocks and a small off-camber rock climb underneath the tower's stabilizing cables. Narrowly surviving the 2021 Muckamuck fire, Funk Mountain Lookout is one of the oldest lookouts in the northwest, first established as a crow's nest tree platform in 1914. In 1935, an L-5 ground cab was added and then replaced in 1943 by the current L-4 cab with a catwalk. Used sporadically until 2000, the platform is still open to the public for those not afraid of heights. Extreme caution should be used as you climb the extra steep, deteriorating stairs to the lookout tower, and enjoy the beautiful scenery.
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