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      The 20,796 acre Red Buttes Wilderness straddles the crest of the Siskiyou Mountains. The twin summits of Red Buttes anchor the southern extreme of the area in California, where reddish peridotite rock, nudged up from a 425-million-year-old seafloor by plate shifts in the earth's crust, now supports unusual plant communities. The area's geology is ancient and very complex; some of the highest points were carved by glaciers during the last Ice Age.

      The area is about 13 miles long and six miles wide, with elevations ranging from about 2,800' in the lower Butte Fork Canyon to 6,739' on the east summit of the Red Buttes. Rocky buttes, forested ridges, and small glacial-carved lake basins characterize this rugged terrain, with a dense jumble of manzanita, snowbrush, and other brushy plants carpeting the dry south-facing slopes.
      Steve Fork Trailhead google parking directions
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      Region Details
      14 hike trails

      Region Status
      Caution as of Jun 10, 2024

      Hike Stats

      State Ranking
      #5,782
      Trails (view details)
      14
      Trails Horse
      14
      Trails Hike
      14
      Trails Trail Running
      14
      Total Distance
      52 miles
      Total Descent Distance
      21 miles
      Total Descent
      8,904 ft
      Total Vertical
      3,468 ft
      Reports
      7
      Photos
      23
      Ridden Counter
      3

      Photos of Red Buttes Wilderness

      trail: Fir Glade
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      Jul 4, 2021 @ 7:46am
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      Jul 4, 2021 @ 7:45am
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      Jul 4, 2021 @ 7:45am
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      Jul 4, 2021 @ 7:45am
      Jul 4, 2021

      Recent Trail Reports

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      Butte Fork
      Feb 13, 2022 @ 4:52pm
      Feb 13, 2022
      Variable Tons of trees down across the trail from...norcalskier

      Activity Feed

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      normsrideaddreportactivity #53940223 and 3 more
      Jun 10, 2024 @ 9:05pm
      Jun 10, 2024
      chuktAaddrouteactivity #33625667
      Sep 16, 2022 @ 8:45am
      Sep 16, 2022
      chuktAaddtrailactivity #33622848 and 2 more
      Sep 16, 2022 @ 6:44am
      Sep 16, 2022
      chuktAaddpoiactivity #33604483 and 2 more
      Sep 15, 2022 @ 1:46pm
      Sep 15, 2022
      chuktAaddtrailactivity #33604152 and 5 more
      Sep 15, 2022 @ 1:31pm
      Sep 15, 2022

      Recent Comments

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      norcalskiertrailShoo FlyHuge sugar pines!
      Feb 13, 2022 @ 4:51pm
      Feb 13, 2022
      norcalskiertrailButte ForkGreat run. Mostly in shade on summertime....
      May 27, 2020 @ 12:46pm
      May 27, 2020

      Nearby Riding Areas

      namedistance
      Applegate Lake 12 68.6 km
      Oregon Caves National Monument 111.7 km
      Siskiyou Crest 5 3 111.9 km
      Siskiyou Wilderness (Northern)22.2 km
      Sterling Mine Ditch Trail System 2 923 km

      Activity Type Stats

      activitytypetrailsdistancedescentdescent distancetotal verticalratingglobal rankstate rankphotosreportsroutesridelogs
      Horse1452 miles8,904 ft21 miles3,468 ft
      #2,3335
      Hike1452 miles8,904 ft21 miles3,468 ft
      #5,78223712
      Trail Running1452 miles8,904 ft21 miles3,468 ft
      #7,0207
      • By chuktA TRAILFORKS NFTA & contributors
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      • #52441 - 235 views

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