Near the beginning of he Baty Butte trail - we were heading into the mist. Thunder Mountain was in the clouds today - from the Baty Butte trail Looking down to the Hot Springs fork of the Collawash river from the Baty Butte trail Thunder Mountain is still in the clouds - from the hillside meadow on the Baty Butte trail One of the interesting ridgetop "corridors" on the Baty Butte trail A very interesting spot on the Baty Butte trail - I'm pretty sure there was a trail junction here at some point in its history Another one of the "corridors" on the Baty Butte trail "View" from the top of a rocky outcropping on the Baty Butte trail - this was looking west to the Molalla drainage This rocky outcropping was where we had lunch - Thor is surveying the dropoff Looking down to the powerlines from where we had lunch on the Baty Butte trail The huge mess that happened last winter on the Baty Butte trail - I think we counted at least 30 trees that came down in this one area. The "green area" on the Batry Butte trail - the thimbleberry heare just goes crazy. Our turnaround point at the old cut on the Baty Butte trail Old campsite on the Baty Butte trail Nail that used to hold down the yellow triangle for the helispot on the Baty Butte Trail Another of the nails that used to hold down the yellow triangle for the helispot on the Baty Butte Trail Another of the nails that used to hold down the yellow triangle for the helispot on the Baty Butte Trail Remains of the yellow ribbon for the helispot on the Baty Butte trail Another old campsite on the Baty Butte trail It rained enough to make some puddles on the trail