Colorado Lookouts

Archuleta Mesa Lookout

Southern Ute Agency

Elevation: 8940+

Status: Standing

Year Built: ?

Structure type: Glass-enclosed cab supported by four steel legs, about 50 feet high.

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According to David Lorenz (May 2009), there is an old run-down cabin nearby. The lookout still has an outside ladder part way up, and the inside stairwell was probably added in the 1960's.

The following information is from a National Geodetic Data Sheet:

"DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 195(OSR) THE STATION IS THE TOP-CENTER OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER. IT IS ON THE NORTHWEST EDGE OF ARCHULETA MESA, ABOUT 2 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF TRIANGLE STATION ARCH 1936. DUE TO HIGH TIMBER IT WAS NOT VISIBLE FROM THIS STATION."