White Butte Climber's Log
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| McCannster | F'ing Cold  Date Climbed: Jan 30, 2010 | |
| Temp was around 10 or so for the hike. Cool area, my first time in ND. Pretty friendly locals, too. HP # 8! | |
| Posted Jan 31, 2010 1:45 pm | ||
| Alika | Winter Drive up from CO, Highpoint #4 Date Climbed: Jan 30, 2010 | |
| Had a great trip up from CO, stopped at the geographic center of the 50 states and went back through Montana (Albion Ghost Town was cool). Butte was an easy hike and the car got stuck in snow on the way to the trailhead but we got it out and had a great hike. | |
| Posted Jan 31, 2010 1:40 pm | ||
| NDhiker | North Dakota Highpoint Date Climbed: May 29, 2006 | |
| This was my 1st state highpoint. We couldn’t find the trail, so we found our own way up. No rattlesnakes this time. | |
| Posted Dec 12, 2009 10:05 am | ||
| Stansbury | First State High Point Date Climbed: Sep 14, 2009 | |
| I did this spur of the moment on my way back to SD from T.R. National Park. Ran into a highpointer from FL, Tom Gilday, who provided some good assistance and who has done > 1/2 of the U.S. high points. I'll add some details in the comments setion. | |
| Posted Sep 14, 2009 11:26 pm | ||
| grabbs146 | midnight run Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2009 | |
| couldn't see much but the marker and a memorial for someone. I didn't have a head lamp and it got dark fast | |
| Posted Aug 12, 2009 6:28 pm | ||
| Alpinist | Standard Route Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2009 | |
| This is my 31st state HP and the last of three during this trip. We climbed Harney Peak and Granite Peak first and White Butte last. We arrived at 8:15pm and summited near dark at 8:45pm. ND also represents the 50th state that I have visited. Sadly, White Butte is my least favorite highpoint to date for many reasons. Difficult to find / poor signage. There is a sign on the main road, but nothing on any of the side roads indicating where the trailhead is. We wasted an hour looking for the place. Poorly maintained trailhead. The road to the old farm house is completely overgrown with grass/weeds and pitted with mud holes. It was not passable with a standard car when I was there. Poorly maintained trail. Simply put, there are cow pies everywhere. It is difficult not to step on one. There are also numerous places where the trail is steep, slippery mud (when wet). Some trail maintenance is sorely needed. Lousy summit. The summit marker consists of a pile of rocks and a tiny sign. This could be greatly improved to reflect the significance of being the state highpoint. I know this is private property but I hope the HPers Club can help to make some improvements to the place so that ND's HP is better represented. | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2009 4:52 pm | ||
| Tbacon251 | Tickfest 2009 Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2009 | |
| Made the summit after being attacked by ticks along the way. very nice view from the top. | |
| Posted Jul 4, 2009 5:27 pm | ||
| osatrik | SHP #13 Date Climbed: Jul 28, 1986 | |
| In the midst of our two-year blitz of state highpoints, we drove up here and hiked to the marker the day after summiting Harney Peak in SD. It was number 13 of my 49 state high points and Vanessa's 39. | |
| Posted Jul 3, 2009 2:54 pm | ||
| I like it on top | White Butte Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2009 | |
| Short and quick summit before the long haul back to Billings MT. No snakes, but the ticks and mosquitos were out in force. | |
| Posted Jun 30, 2009 3:12 pm | ||
| highlandvillager | Peaceful except for that rattling sound Date Climbed: May 16, 2009 | |
| We drove up from our camp near Harney Peak, SD on a day with perfect weather. Two other highpointers were leaving as we arrived and we saw no other people, but lots of wildlife. There were too many pheasant to count, a huge jackrabbit, antelope, and one rattlesnake angered by our close proximity. HP21 | |
| Posted May 21, 2009 2:50 pm | ||
| chilkoot | Feisty cattle Date Climbed: Sep 5, 1996 | |
| Had to keep moving to stay ahead of the cows. Cool little mountain with views in all directions and no crowds. | |
| Posted Mar 18, 2009 1:45 am | ||
| jeffh25 | No snakes Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2008 | |
| Highpoint #5, "summited" around 3pm. Very windy but no snakes. You can see the den maybe 30 ft away from the marker but none came out to play. Maybe it was too windy. | |
| Posted Feb 10, 2009 1:00 pm | ||
| Redwic | Mud Central!!! Date Climbed: May 24, 2008 | |
| Living half the country away, it's difficult to pinpoint weather conditions in advance; you hope for the best, and work with the conditions as best you can. My wife accompanied me to White Butte a couple hours before sunset, but unfortunately there was a major storm which hit that morning and another major one approaching while we were there (so we had little time to "hang out"). The ground and slopes were slick!!! We were covered in that milky gray-white mud, which is like cement, and we could have glissaded down the slippery slopes if we wanted to. No rattlesnakes, but TONS of pheasants, rabbits, quails, and field mice... and even one badger (which was pretty cool to see). | |
| Posted May 26, 2008 5:33 pm | ||
| jimegan | WHITE BUTTE Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2004 | |
| THOUGHT I MIGHT GET STUCK IN THE RUTS WITH MY STERLING SEDAN. MET THE OWNER AND HIS SON WHO DROVE UP IN A PICKUP AND ASKED ME TO LEAVE A DONATION IN THE MAILBOX. NO SNAKES SEEN. THIS PLACE IS A LONG WAY FROM MOST ANYWHERE, INCLUDING LAS VEGAS | |
| Posted Feb 7, 2008 12:40 pm | ||
| eric-griz | The $20 Summit Date Climbed: May 25, 2002 | |
| As we drove to the house at the trailhead, a yappy little dog greeted us, followed by an old woman with 2 teeth. The twenty dollar donations she solicited from highpointers obviously did not go towards her dental care fund. | |
| Posted Nov 9, 2007 9:05 pm | ||
| zodis | White Butte Beauty Date Climbed: Sep 27, 2007 | |
| A very nice day for an enjoyable hike. The farm house near the trail head where one used to ask permission to hike is abandoned. I saw two large porcupines. | |
| Posted Oct 1, 2007 2:21 pm | ||
| weeds19 | Heading East Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2004 | |
| Unfortunately I was forced to move from Utah to Ohio for a year and a half, but at least I was able to climb a few fun mountains on the way east. | ||
| Posted Sep 27, 2007 12:44 am | ||
| Zandt | Hot day, decent little hike Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2007 | |
| Really hot, sunny day...good short hike, though. Lost my footing on the way down and nearly face-planted in the chalky dust. No snakes. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2007 12:23 pm | ||
| TLP | Not as it seems Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2007 | |
| Somewhere I read that you can drive to the old farmhouse. What?? No way you can drive to that. It's like two old dirt tire tracks with grass in the middle that hasn't been cut in ten years. It looks like the owners of the house don't live there. I put a $7 donation in their mailbox. I couldn't open the gate, so I just jumped it. Also nowhere did it say that you cross the fence later on in the hike, though you just step over it. I was all paranoid about the rattlesnakes, especially with that high grass, but didn't come across any. It was windy on the top. Hot as well. | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2007 5:30 pm | ||
| Holsti97 | White Butte Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2007 | |
| Reached the farm at 9:00 PM. Looks like nobody lives in the house anymore. Dashed to the top right before dark. Hiked with my wife and sons Ryan and Brett. Hike took about 1 hour roundtrip. Forgot my headlamp in the car, but had no trouble finding our way back in the dark. Did not see any rattlesnakes as mentioned in the Highpoint guidebooks. We viewed many pronghorns, rabbits, deer, a skunk, pheasants, and a coyote. Left donation and thank you note in the mailbox. HP #23. | |
| Posted Jun 11, 2007 12:38 am | ||
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