
Hiking past the wilderness boundary on the dirt road.

We left the dirt road when it curved left, heading into the drainage visible in the center.

Rocky drainage ascent.

Class 2 obstacles within the drainage.

A fun Class 3 dryfall that was avoidable.

Looking back as we progress up the drainage.

Class 2 fun.

Looking back as the rocks faded away into a dirt slope.

Continuing up the dirt slope toward the short summit ridge.


Short summit ridge leading to the summit of Black Butte, just ahead.

On the way back, I just got another photo of the rare desert fog, a view down the drainage we hiked up.
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