Olallie Butte Trail

Kirk and Bandit looking at the map to determine peaks in the distance The loner dog (Bodie) off by himself The first view from the trail as the trees opened up a bit - Mt Hood in the distance More views early on the trail More views from early on the trail Up on top of Olallie Butte - One of the first things we saw - a BIG firepit and remnants of the old lookout The old collapsed lookout on the north end of the butte The built the lookout on a pile of cinder rocks and then mortared just the top few courses.  The lookout was built on top of this pile Looking north from the old lookout position - you can see remnants of the lookout below The side of the old lookout on top of Olallie Butte The Northeast corner of the butte still had a bit of snow.  The east side of the butte has very sharp dropoffs Looking northeast from the top of Olallie Butte Some of the very dramatic rock formations on the east side of Olallie Butte Looking south from the east side of Ollalie Butte - Mt Jefferson in the distance More dramatic rock formations on the east side of Olallie Butte Looking southeast from the top of Olallie Butte More rock formations on the east side of Olallie Butte Looking east from the top of Olallie Butte Looking from the north end of Olallie Butte over to the south end It is REALLY steep on the east side of Olallie Butte Mt Jefferson from the top of Olallie Butte Mt Jefferson from the top of Olallie Butte Looking at the south end of Olallie Butte Looking back at the north side of Olallie Butte from the saddle Olallie Lake from the top of Olallie Butte Looking north to Mt Hood from the top of Olallie Butte Looking down from the old lookout The old floor from the lookout on Olallie Butte Looking north from the old lookout - Mt Hood in the distance - on top of Olallie Butte These tree/bushes are very interesting - they grow out more than up due to the snow load (I'm assuming) Panorama from about halfway up Olallie Butte - Looking west Panorama from about halfway up Olallie Butte - Looking west Panorama looking from the old lookout on top of Olallie Butte - looking west/northwest - Mt Hood is behind the lookout on the right Panorama looking from the old lookout on top of Olallie Butte - looking west/northwest - Mt Hood is behind the lookout on the right Panorama from the east side of Olallie Butte Looking South to Mt Jefferson Panorama from the east side of Olallie Butte Looking South to Mt Jefferson Panorama from the west side of Olallie Butte - starting from the south to the north - didn't quite get Mt Hood in to the right Panorama from the west side of Olallie Butte - starting from the south to the north - didn't quite get Mt Hood in to the right