...even while sitting alone in a firetower on top of a mountain in the Adirondacks.
![http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0267.jpg [http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0267.jpg]](http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0267.jpg)
![http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0274.jpg [http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0274.jpg]](http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0274.jpg)
![http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0277.jpg [http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0277.jpg]](http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0277.jpg)
![http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0276.jpg [http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0276.jpg]](http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0276.jpg)
![http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0273.jpg [http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0273.jpg]](http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0273.jpg)
![http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0269.jpg [http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0269.jpg]](http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0269.jpg)
![http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0265.jpg [http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0265.jpg]](http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0265.jpg)
![http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0270.jpg [http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0270.jpg]](http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0270.jpg)
These pictures were all taken from the firetower on Snowy Mountain in the south-central Adirondack Park. I visited the tower while on patrol as a Forest Ranger. The tower hasn't actually been used for fire-detection/protection in over 20 years, but has been restored and is open to the public as a historical and cultural artifact. To reach the tower, one must hike 4 miles and climb approximately 2000 feet to the summit of snowy mountain- and yet, this is considered to be quite close to civilization compared to most of the area that I worked in.
![http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0267.jpg [http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0267.jpg]](http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0267.jpg)
![http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0274.jpg [http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0274.jpg]](http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0274.jpg)
![http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0277.jpg [http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0277.jpg]](http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0277.jpg)
![http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0276.jpg [http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0276.jpg]](http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0276.jpg)
![http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0273.jpg [http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0273.jpg]](http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0273.jpg)
![http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0269.jpg [http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0269.jpg]](http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0269.jpg)
![http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0265.jpg [http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0265.jpg]](http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0265.jpg)
![http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0270.jpg [http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0270.jpg]](http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii323/DSettahr/DSCN0270.jpg)
These pictures were all taken from the firetower on Snowy Mountain in the south-central Adirondack Park. I visited the tower while on patrol as a Forest Ranger. The tower hasn't actually been used for fire-detection/protection in over 20 years, but has been restored and is open to the public as a historical and cultural artifact. To reach the tower, one must hike 4 miles and climb approximately 2000 feet to the summit of snowy mountain- and yet, this is considered to be quite close to civilization compared to most of the area that I worked in.