After my fabulous birthday hike, the next day Sean and I wanted to explore some of the Buttes in the area. We decided on Black Butte. A short but sweet, steep hike along a firebreak.
The road is a little rough. The area is very popular for shooting guns and there is so much trash in the area.
However, the climb up to Black Butte was very interesting. Black rocks and other colorful rocks are found along the entire route up to the summit. Maybe that is how it got its name Black Butte as Black rock is the main color at the top.
Anyways, we found two benchmarks that were really damaged but we managed to read the words Black Butte dated 1932.
I found two registers. One was placed by the Sierra Desert Peaks section dated 2006.
After a few snacks and drinking 805 beers, we descended the way we came and headed back to the car fir the drive towards Three Sisters.
We drove a short distance and parked at the base of the Three sisters. We decided on bagging the biggest Sister in hopes to finding another benchmark.
The climb is very steep, rocky and a bit treacherous depending on the side you ascend. One has to just choose the best route and negotiate.
Once we reached the the high point we searched for the USGS benchmark. Someone had removed it and we only found two small county ones. I found the register left by the Sierra Desert peaks section dated 2006.
We took our summit selfies and enjoyed the views before descending on a much easier path back to the car.
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