Hike up to Paton Lookout

I did another famous (?) carbon-neutral bike & hikes from home again today - this time to Paton Lookout.

Paton Lookout is up the Seymour Valley - approximately above the fish hatchery / dam area. It's appeared on my radar recently - my friend Todd has been up it a couple of times, the last time to use it to do a traverse of the Needle Peaks. Similarly, Doug from NSR has used it to access Colliseum/Burwell - the same route can extend to Cathedral Peak (as a two day trip).

Looking across north the lookout area.

Cathedral mountain from the lookout - if you look closely, you can see the repeaters on top (including one of NSR's).

Looking down the valley from the lookout, across the South Needle and Lynn Peak.

It was a relatively quick trip - from home to the trailhead was about 45 minutes. 1 !/2 hours up the trail, then back home - altogether about 4 hours and a bit.