Black Butte

The Hike was great! Actually second time doing it this month! Did it with a friend that signed up for the six pack of peaks,

Cloudy skies up north in Portland and Mt. Hood prevented us to go hiking so we headed down south toward Bend when forecast was better.

After a couple of weeks of hot weather I took advantage of today's cooler temperatures and headed out for a morning hike up Black Butte.

Windy and sunny, lovely day hiking the 10 mile round trip from the lower Black Butte Trail all the way up. Passed by crazy runners

Lovely weather for hiking today. We started at the lower trailhead at 0920, the sun was just breaking through the clouds and it was reasonably

After a coffee stop in Sisters, we got an early start and enjoyed the cool morning ascent.  The 360 degree views were beautiful, with trees