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Butler Peak and Delamar Mountain, CA
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| Hiking | 8.93 Miles |
2,062 AEG |
| | Hiking | 8.93 Miles | 4 Hrs 19 Mns | | 2.25 mph |
| 2,062 ft AEG | 21 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | On this day I did two separate hikes near Big Bear Lake:
1) Butler Peak (elevation of 8,535 feet and prominence of 1,735 feet)
2) Delamar Mountain (elevation of 8,398 feet and prominence of 1,238 feet)
These two peaks are only about 4 air miles apart, and it was easy to get from one to the other.
Butler Peak
(7.53 miles with 1,363 feet of AEG)
This was a road walk to the peak, which had a fire lookout tower atop it. The lookout tower was unique in that it was atop a gnarly rock pinnacle. There was a stairway that facilitated getting to the lookout tower, which was manned when I got there. Without the stairs the lookout personnel would need to either be acrobats or be adept with technical rock climbing.
There were great views at the lookout tower -- San Gorgonio Mountain, Mount San Antonio (aka Mount Baldy), and Big Bear Lake stood out.
I drove about a mile down the road and parked. Shortly after starting the hike, I came upon a dip in the road that likely would have stopped my rental crossover SUV. There was another rough spot in the road a bit further, but other than those two places the road was an easy drive all the way to the top. You wouldn't need 4WD, but high clearance would be helpful. The rangers at the fire lookout drove an Outback up, but they might have scraped bottom on the way.
Delamar Mountain
(1.40 miles with 699 feet of AEG)
This one was a short but very steep hike. I parked at a saddle on the north slopes of the peak, at a place where the PCT crosses the road. I hiked on the PCT for a very short distance, then took a use trail up to a road. I followed the road for a bit until it morphed into a use trail that goes to the top. The hike was too steep to be enjoyable, and there were lots of trees that obscured most of the views. |
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Wildflowers Observation Light
There were some decent flowers on the hike to Butler Peak. |
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