Hiking around Black Butte and Castle Crags - November 7th, 2021

Remi and I got out for another great hike today. Todays was a two-for... We hiked up Black Butte trail for our first hike. This is the second such hike that Remi and I have taken since I moved up here to Siskiyou County. This area is so awe inspiring, it is something that I truly enjoy doing whenever we can. We had to go down about 5 miles of Forest Service Roads to get to the trail head. I was almost wondering if we were even in the right place and foolishly following the GPS.

There was some very beautiful views from this trail and some very interesting Lava rock surrounding Black Butte. Some of the rocks were grey, but others were red, almost like a redwood stain. It was very unusual.

We went up the trail as far as we could until we came across a point where an avalanche had taken out a chunk of the trail.

We then went over to Castle Crags which is one of my favorite places in Shasta County. When we got to the Overlook, we could look out through one clearing and see Castle Crags, and then looking out through the other clearing and we could see mount Shasta, so wonderful.

And, you know me, one of these outings just wouldn't be complete without a video about it. Enjoy!

Safe travels everyone!