Stillwater Fire Tower - Page 2

Wldrns · 01-13-2017, 12:55 PM

Plowed, but watch out for excessively speeding snowmobiles!

Makwa · 01-13-2017, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Wldrns

Plowed, but watch out for excessively speeding snowmobiles!

Thanks for the tip!

Lonehiker · 07-13-2017, 12:03 AM

I climbed Stillwater today. The friends of Stillwater did an excellent job

I don't think I have seen a tower get the care like this one did. I hope no one abuses it. Someone put a lot of workmanship in that map table in the cab. There was a lot of detail on the outer rim of the map. It will take me awhile to absorb it. I noticed a flagged Rock Pond Mountain on the rim. I was wondering if that was Mount Electra's former name. There was also an alidade. The cab had a neat storage area in the roof, a swinging door at the stairs opening, a quad chair with cup holders to sit in, there were glass windows that could be opened and there was an American Flag waving in the wind. I was most impressed. A communication antennae was installed on it too. I would like to see it during the fall

EagleCrag · 06-13-2018, 10:53 PM

I climbed it yesterday, 06/12/18 and echo the previous comments. Very easy climb. Picnic table at the tower to enjoy lunch too. Views not very spectacular IMO, but a great climb for the family. Now they need to add this fire tower to the "Views from on High" book so it gets listed as one of the fire tower challenge peaks.

Makwa · 06-13-2018, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by EagleCrag

Now they need to add this fire tower to the "Views from on High" book so it gets listed as one of the fire tower challenge peaks.

Second Edition was released within the last year. Should have Stillwater in there.
https://www.adk.org/product/views-from-on-high-2nd-ed/

And it is part of the Fire Tower Challenge. Details here...
http://www.adk-gfs.org/firetower.challenge.php

EagleCrag · 06-23-2018, 06:50 AM

Thanks Makwa, I just ordered the updated book.

01-13-2017, 12:55 PM	#21
Wldrns Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Western Adirondacks Posts: 3,723	Plowed, but watch out for excessively speeding snowmobiles! __________________ "Now I see the secret of making the best person, it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth." -Walt Whitman

07-13-2017, 12:03 AM	#23
Lonehiker Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Dolgeville Posts: 68	I climbed Stillwater today. The friends of Stillwater did an excellent job I don't think I have seen a tower get the care like this one did. I hope no one abuses it. Someone put a lot of workmanship in that map table in the cab. There was a lot of detail on the outer rim of the map. It will take me awhile to absorb it. I noticed a flagged Rock Pond Mountain on the rim. I was wondering if that was Mount Electra's former name. There was also an alidade. The cab had a neat storage area in the roof, a swinging door at the stairs opening, a quad chair with cup holders to sit in, there were glass windows that could be opened and there was an American Flag waving in the wind. I was most impressed. A communication antennae was installed on it too. I would like to see it during the fall Last edited by Lonehiker; 07-13-2017 at 12:22 AM..

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06-13-2018, 10:53 PM	#24
EagleCrag Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Gloversville, NY Posts: 1,218	I climbed it yesterday, 06/12/18 and echo the previous comments. Very easy climb. Picnic table at the tower to enjoy lunch too. Views not very spectacular IMO, but a great climb for the family. Now they need to add this fire tower to the "Views from on High" book so it gets listed as one of the fire tower challenge peaks.

06-23-2018, 06:50 AM	#26
EagleCrag Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Gloversville, NY Posts: 1,218	Thanks Makwa, I just ordered the updated book.

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