Woods Lake visible below, Elephant Back on the horizon
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This early creek crossing was the only dicey one of the day- but there were sufficient rocks and logs to make it across.
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This trailside waterfall drowned out the 88 highway noise.
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First look at Black Butte. I should have headed up one of the chutes on the near facing face. Instead I opted to gain the ridge on the left- mistakenly thinking that that bump on the center left was the highpoint.
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The trail passed through the Lost Cabin mine site and the area was strewn with old equipment and debris.
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The meadow next to the mine was marked as private property. I opted to head offtrail toward Black Butte here- skirting above the property boundary.
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This appears to have been the garbage dump from the mine.
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Another shot of Black Butte as I neared the peak.
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Up to the ridgetop on the south side of the peak. Black Butte was volcanic like many of the peaks in the area.