The Women of Numa Ridge Fire Lookout
Life as a lookout isn’t easy. Kay Rosengren loved it.
Edward Abbey spent the summer of 1975 in Numa Ridge Fire Lookout, perched on a remote mountain in Northwest Montana. He hated it.
But nearly 20 years earlier, Numa also hosted one of the first women to work as a lookout in Glacier National Park: Kay Rosengren. This is her story.
Located in the episode “Confluence | North Fork”, from season one of Headwaters. Season One set out to share stories of nature and culture from each major region of Glacier National Park.
“I had my first foray into the wonderful world of baking bread. It was heavy enough to be a doorstop, it was gray, and it quivered.”
Who I Spoke With
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Beth Hodder
NORTHWEST MONTANA LOOKOUT ASSOCIATION
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Karen Reeves
NUMA RIDGE FIRE LOOKOUT