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2025
Fish Lake - Lodgepole - Red Lake - Potato Butte
Fish Lake Noarthern trailhead
Parked at the parking area across the road from the Fish Lake trailhead
North end of the Fish Lake trail
Si Lake
Box on far end of Si Lake - along Fish Lake trail
Trail junction to Surprise Lake - trail is in very poor condition
This was just north of the powerlines on the north end of Fish Lake
Entering the powerline corridor north of Fish Lake
The powerline corridor road has gotten a lot of work done to it. Not sure why
The powerline corridor road has gotten a lot of work done to it. Not sure why
Approaching the campsite at the north end of Fish Lake - that campsite area did not burn but pretty much everything else around Fish Lake burned
Approaching the campsite at the north end of Fish Lake - that campsite area did not burn but pretty much everything else around Fish Lake burned
Burn area around west side of Fish Lake
Fish Lake with Olallie Butte in the background
Heading up the hill on the south end of Fish Lake
Fish Lake from the trail above it.
Flat area above Fish Lake
Area above Fish Lake- you can now see Olallie Butte thru the burned trees
Fish Lake trail above Fish Lake
Lodgepole Trail - heading down to Cornpatch meadows
Had to look this up - these are used to sign a mountain biker trail - https://oregontimbertrail.org/
Cornpatch Meadow
Cornpatch Meadow
Cornpatch meadow
Lodgepole trail south of Lower Lake junction - this area did not burn
Sign for Middle Lake
Middle Lake - Thor had to cool off
Un-named lake south of Middle lake on the Lodgepole trial - it was almost dry
Another unburned section of the Lodgepole trail - south of Middle Lake
This was another un-named lake on the Lodgepole trail
End of the Lodgepole trail - junction with Red Lake trail
Fork Lake - it was pretty low
Fork Lake sign
This is the sign at the junction with the Potato Butte trail
Juction of Red Lake and Potato Butte trails
Potato Butte trail
Entering the burned area on the Potato Butte trail
Dry lake on the Potato Butte trail
We took a wrong turn and headed to this lake - Zack noticed this sign - someone must have named it themselves - this is obviously not an official sign
The self named "Linus Lake" at the base of Potato Butte
Top of Potato Butte - the sign is gone
Olallie Butte from Potato Butte
Olallie Butte from Potato Butte
Top of Potato Butte
A gaggle of old insulators next to the Potato Butte trail - old maps show a phone line going to the top but I've never seen a phone box up there
I think this is sheep lake below Potato Butte
Hard to even see in the picture but this is part of the Potato Butte trail - that big tree is right across the trail
These pieces of wire were right next to the trail - I'm thinking these were used to assemble the insulator halves and attach them to the trees.
Dry lake at the bottom of Potato Butte - the trail skirts the north end of this lake/meadow
The dark skies above Olallie Butte - they were actually darker than it appears in this photo - it had started thundering at this point - but no rain
This is above Fish Lake - it was raining pretty good at this point
Fish Lake Below, Sisi Butte in the distance - you can see the dark clouds - shortly after I took this photo it started sleeting/hailing