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


Owl houses
Bat houses


group
The group on the cross country trek


North peak
North Butte - frequently in sight


docent
The docent leader, Joe Rousser


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



Volcanic crags in the Buttes


Mt Lassen
View of Mt. Lassen


view
View from the peak


view
Spectacular view



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


rest at the peak
Brief rest at the peak


lunch break
Lunch break


ranch
Dean Ranch homestead



The group on a cross country march


sharing the road
Sharing the road with a resident



skull
Not all cattle survive in the Buttes


lava cliff
Lava cliffs on North Butte