Famed naturalist John Muir called it Muir's Peak in the 1800's.
Later it was called Wintoon Butte, Cone Mountain and now Black
Butte.
Black Butte is a steep nearly treeless dome of hornblende
andesite. It was formed about 10,000 years ago at about the same
time as Shastina Crater on Mt. Shasta. A large crater first
developed at the base of Mt. Shasta. Soon, very thick magma began
to issue from the crater. Four successive eruptions of material
with the consistency of cookie dough were forced above the crater
rim. As the flow cooled, internal stress caused the lava to break
into chunks that rolled down the side of the dome. Remnants of the
solid core can be seen as crags near the summit. At the summit you
will find the foundation of a fire lookout built in the 1930's and
rebuilt in 1963. It operated until 1973 and was moved in 1975.
Route: 2 miles from the stop sign at Everitt Memorial Highway
(near high school) turn left. Stay on the dirt road for 2.5 miles,
following arrows on trees. Where the road crosses under the power
line, go left for .5 miles. The parking lot is at N41 22.356 W122
20.432.
Cache is ammo box and you will have to scramble a bit to find
it. Best accessed from NW side of the Lookout foundation. It is
also a rather easy scramble if you go over the SE corner of the
foundation, walk out about 50 feet and access the less challenging
rocks to get to the cache.
Contains:
FTF Bandana
Train Whistle
Sticky Ball
Lizard
Shrek 2 Cards and case
Uno mini-card game
Smiley glow-in-dark ball
Flag Button
2 Mini Slide Whistles
Super Ball
Duct Tape
If it were easy, it wouldn't be as fun.
Carpe Diem, Carpe Geocachiem. . .MtnMike
