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| | Hiking | 3.48 Miles | 1 Hour 43 Mns | | 2.64 mph |
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| no partners | | Red Butte has been on my hike list, and since I was up at the Grand Canyon I decided to go check it out.
This hike turned out to be a good one, and it far exceeded my expectations. "Short and steep" is how I would describe the hike. The hike is on a well maintained, easy-to-follow trail that has a number of switchbacks which ease the pain of the steep climb up to the summit.
There is a large area at the summit to walk around, and there is a cool fire lookout there.
Here is an historical anecdote about the Red Butte Lookout:
May 3, 1913: "Harold Green, forest supervisor, returned from Grand Canyon last Wednesday night, where he had been for the past ten days completing plans for a new telephone line. The line will be about seventeen miles long, extending from a line near Grand Canyon south to Red Butte, which is to be the main fire lookout station for the Grand Canyon division of the Tusayan forest." (Williams News)
There are great 360 degree views at the summit, which I enjoyed even though it was a cloudy day with somewhat limited visibility.
I spent some time on top walking around and I located both benchmarks and all 3 reference marks; perhaps I should change my HAZ user name to "FLIVER-2"! 
I enjoyed this little hike and I would like to do it again sometime.
Lastly, below is an account of a gruesome incident that took place on Red Butte almost 50 years ago. If you are squeamish, you might not want to read this.
April 13, 1972: "A federal warrant charging unlawful flight has been issued for Thomas Jay Smith, 48, prime suspect in the late February - early March death of Mrs. Addie Lee Venturini, 46, at an isolated cabin near Grand Canyon.
Sheriff Cecil Richardson said the U.S. Attorney's Office in Phoenix issued the warrant for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution after receiving information from Coconino County Sheriff's investigators.
Information about Smith and on the murder case has gone out to a number of police agencies in areas where Smith is thought to be, Richardson said.
So far, Smith has managed to elude police agencies.
Investigators said Smith, Mrs. Venturini's traveling companion, apparently used a pipe wrench, ice pick and pistol in the violent death of Mrs. Venturini in a Forest Service fire lookout shack on Red Butte, northeast of the U.S. 180 and Arizona 67 Junction south of Grand Canyon." (Arizona Daily Sun)
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