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| Kessler | Aspen Butte  Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2012 | |
| 9-2-2012 | |
| Posted Sep 4, 2012 11:28 am | ||
| Scott | Aspen Butte Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2012 | |
| Kessler and I climbed the peak from Clover Creek. The day before we climbed Mt McLoughlin, but the sky was very smoky and the views weren’t that great. September 2 was much clearer so we decided to climb Aspen Butte. It was a nice little climb and the views were better than they were the day before. It was still too smoky to see Mt Shasta though. We still got a good view of Mt McLaughlin and north to the Mt Thielson area. There were four other people climbing the mountain and two others seen on the trail, but it was a much less popular climb than Mt McLaughlin. There were no mosquitoes so early September must be a good time to climb. | |
| Posted Sep 3, 2012 10:46 pm | ||
| paulm | Pleasant October Day Date Climbed: Oct 27, 2011 | |
| Followed the Clover Creek and Mountain Lakes Loop Trails to a climbers trail up the west ridge to the summit. Sunny and clear skies and mosquitoes were not a problem late in the fall. | |
| Posted Jul 10, 2012 12:50 am | ||
| cjwhat | Beagle chases elk Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2001 | |
| Pat and I did the vertical manzanita bushwhack in from the east to Pass Lake. Climbed Mt. Carmine on the 7th, slept ... kind of. A beagle chased a bunch of elk right over the top of us near midnight. Climbed Aspen Butte on the 8th and hiked out. | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2007 6:34 pm | ||
| Don Nelsen | Beautiful area Date Climbed: Aug 20, 1996 | |
| I climbed this as part of a long trail run up the Varney Creek Trail. I did a CW loop going north of Lake Harriet and once on top, I backtracked to the trail that goes west of the peak and then north, rejoining the Varney Cr. Tr. somewhere north of lake Como. I think this was about 20 miles and even late in the season, I remember there were plenty of mosquitoes! | |
| Posted Jan 25, 2007 6:30 pm | ||
| hiway99w | Aspen Butte | |
| Hiked to the summit of Aspen Butte while backpacking in Mountain Lakes Wilderness in October 1978. We hiked up from Harriet Lake. It seemed like I spent quite a while at the summit just sitting there and enjoying the views. | |
| Posted Oct 22, 2006 3:16 pm | ||
| Bob Bolton | See Dean's entry below Date Climbed: Oct 6, 2006 | |
| Also read Dean's trip report. | |
| Posted Oct 10, 2006 4:36 am | ||
| Dean | Great fall hike Date Climbed: Oct 6, 2006 | |
| Bob Bolton and I hiked up to the top in questionable weather. It had snowed the night before and it looked like it might rain or snow on us as we approached the summit. However, the wind stopped and the weather improved for the time we were there and so we enjoyed reasonable weather on the summit. I left a register and a container near the summit highpoint. A benchmark placed in 1920 in great condition is very close to the summit. | |
| Posted Oct 9, 2006 4:04 am | ||
| Dennis Poulin | Nice Hike to Aspen Butte Date Climbed: Sep 7, 2002 | |
| This was the last time I hiked to Aspen Butte. I would recommend it later in the summer when the mosquitoes have died. | |
| Posted Sep 21, 2006 11:43 pm | ||
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