The Copper Mountain Fire Lookout was built in 1934 in what was then the Glacier Ranger district of Mount Baker National Forest.

The cabin-like wood frame lookout is a frame cabin with large windows on each side protected by an awning-style shutter.

A shingled gable roof with prominent lightning rods covers the cabin.

It is one of three lookouts remaining in North Cascades National Park from the Forest Service administration.

[2] The Copper Mountain Fire Lookout was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 10, 1989.