Hiking
You can hardly live in Siskiyou county without taking up hiking to one extent or another. Every second
person you meet has a suggestion for a great trail to try, lake to discover, or summit to reach. In the future
I plan to eventually include a map locating the scenic trails in southern Sikiyou county. Meanwhile you can
read descriptions and see a few photos of two of the many trails we've already taken.
- Gray Butte Trail and Squaw Valley Creek Trail
- This is an addition to the Gray Butte hike description above: On August 19, 1999 my friend
Charles and I did the Grey Butte trail and made it to the summit. The trail starts at Lower Panther meadow amid babbling brooks
and wild flowers, then climbs through towering
conifers and car-size boulders to a narrow ridge that connects Grey Butte to Mount Shasta. The
trail then follows this ridge until it reaches the butte where it swings around and up to
the summit. Along that section you can see the town of McCloud far below. When you reach the
top of Grey Butte you're rewarded with a spectacular view of Mount Shasta looking
down on the old ski bowl. We could see where we had hiked to the snow fields on Monday.
- A photo from Gray Butte summit.