The Mt. Kabau lookout above the Similkameen and Osoyoos Valleys in southern BC (north of Omak in the US) is in the center of one of the protected areas of the Southern Okonogan Grassland Shrub-Steppe Natural Areas.
There are wonderful similarities between this public use lookout (with small wood stove) and our club's Winchester Lookout. A memorial bench holds a plaque with a beautiful inscription. If the Mt Baker Club were ever to have a "sister" lookout, this should be it.
Club members had made several ski attempts in past years to reach the lookout but in the summer the 12 miles of sometimes rough gravel road is easily accessed by all vehicles. A short walk from the parking lot brings you to the knoll where the lookout commands the remarkable view. There are beautiful and easy trails at the top. This would be a worth while club outing and could include exploring the pictographs and other rich culturual and ecological sites along this section of the Crows Nest Highway.
Just north of Hwy 3 Crow's Nest Highway at Richter Pass. A big sign marks the road with distance to lookout. This is at the highpoint of the highway just barely west of the famous Spotted Lakes (you can see them as you drive up and from the lookout) and east of Keremeos.
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