Colorado Lookouts
Sugarloaf Mountain Lookout
Arapaho National Forest
Elevation: 8917
Status: N/A
Year Built: N/A
Structure Type: N/A
By all historical accounts, Sugarloaf Mountain Lookout never existed. A USFS letter from 1941 shows funds appropriated for the lookout, but apparently these were later diverted to Thorodin Lookout, 9 miles to the south. What is intriguing is that Forest Service maps of the era, as well as past USGS topographic maps, show the existence of a tower, and a road was built to the top. There is no hard evidence uncovered as of yet that any fire detection structure, permanent or temporary, was ever contructed at this location.
There is a set of photos from Sugarloaf on yelp.com.