Sierra Buttes Lookout, July 7, 2021

SIERRA BUTTES LOOKOUT 9X July 7, 2021

Up with the usual webwork, I had a light breakfast before deciding to bag Sierra Buttes Lookout. Motoring north on U. S. 395, I headed westbound on CA 70 to Calpine Road, then over Yuba Pass with a stop by Sattley, CA. My car navigator took me nicely to the trailhead for the peak. Bassetts Junction had a restroom, which was convenient. Chating with some mountain bikers, I started my hike from the first parking area, not the official roadhead.

So, with some quarter mile extra, I came to the regular trailhead parking. Then the trail ascends upwards, steep but no skeeters today. I passed the Pacific Crest Trail junction, passed some huge boulders, then came to the dirt road that goes to the top. I quickly climbed the staircase to the lookout, and noted a register in an ammo box. I forgot to pack my register books, so couldn't leave a new book. I captured the views, with Lassen Peak and the Coast Range visible. Some smoke from the fire in Plumas County, and other hikers asked me about it, as I drove right past it.

With numerous hikers summitting today, I advised many of my website, with the Northern Sierra Peaks Guide. I captured video at the top, left my business card, and quickly descended the staircase, with one or a few hikers too scared to do it. Spending awhile chatting with other hikers, I started down. I enjoyed the light exercise, with some 1,500 feet of gain over some 3.3 miles each way.

Back to my car, I had some diet drink and water. Warm compared to the cool breezes at the summit, I used the car a/c, which is set on full. Motoring to Truckee, CA, I had to wait as the business closes from 3 to 4. I ate a nice dinner of noodles, then motored eastbound on Interstate 80, wide awake and feeling good. Smoke from the fire was visible, though it blows to the north of town.

Home at a decent hour, I had also slices of bread for dessert. To the news, then music, this was as about as good as it gets for peak bagging recently. Relaxing, I'd do the webwork the next morning, as I got up at 1:30 a.m., to work on it. With a dinner reservation for Thursday night, and also a delivery coming, it's likely to do my daily exercise in the early a.m., then feast at the casino restaurant for a superb meal.

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