Sutter Buttes - A docent-led tour - Photos by Ed Murach and Dennis Ratay

Bat houses

The group on the cross country trek

North Butte - frequently in sight

The docent leader, Joe Rousser

This peak - Old Man Peak - will be our highest point

Volcanic crags in the Buttes

View of Mt. Lassen

View from the peak

Spectacular view

Orchards in the edges of The Buttes, and distant rice paddies

Brief rest at the peak

Lunch break

Dean Ranch homestead

The group on a cross country march

Sharing the road with a resident

Not all cattle survive in the Buttes

Lava cliffs on North Butte