The third week of the cupola restoration project brought significant progress and at this point, we are on-schedule and anticipate that the cupola will be ready for winter by the end of the month. The weather has, predictably, been a bit of a challenge but the volunteers were well prepared for it. More photos are shown below, and there has been interest by the local media:
https://centraloregondaily.com/volunteers-help-give-facelift-to-historic-black-butte-fire-lookout/
If you’re interested in hiking to the top to check out the nearly-restored cupola, just take the hike!