Black Butte

Bluebird weather! Enjoyed the new viewing platform by the Cupola. The upper 2 miles of trail were icy. Microspikes helpful on the way up and

Trail mostly clear of snow until last quarter mile where it was completely covered all the way to the top. Fun walking around in the

Beautiful sunny day to hike black butte. Definitely needed layers with the wind chill. Kicked my butt, ready to get into shape for the south

Partly Sunny.  Low 20's.  Windy.  Trail was a combination of slush, snow, and a little ice.  Some small rocks helped with footing.  We hiked up

Having hiked this trail many times in the past, I put it off til near the end of my Challenge. But very glad I did:

Started at the upper trail head, it was a beautiful and relatively easy hike, trail was well maintained, with identifiers for trees, plants and two