slgwv's photos with the keyword: Sierra Buttes

Near the Sierra Buttes, Sierra Nevada, California.

Seen looking south from the Pacific Crest Trail. Sierra Nevada, California. The fire lookout at the summit (8591 ft/2619 m) makes the tiny rectangular silhouette. The twisted tree at the right shows the effect of being weighted down as a sapling by heavy snowfall.

Northern Sierra Nevada, California, looking more or less west. If you enlarge the photo you can barely make out the fire lookout on the summit. The Sardine Lakes were evidently so named because some early prospector left some rusty sardine cans! The lake elevation is about 5995 ft/1827 m; that of the fire lookout at the summit is 8591 ft/2619 m. As with most of these Sierra Nevada lakes, the level was raised by a small outlet dam, for water storage, probably around the turn of the last century.

A large Jeffrey pine improbably perched off the Pacific Crest Trail on the flank of the Sierra Buttes. That's about a 45 degree talus slope! Sierra City and the North Fork of the Yuba River are down in that valley below. Sierra Nevada, California, USA.

Northernmost Sierra Nevada, California, USA. They apparently still use this for watching for fires sometimes.

Looking south from the summit of Mt. Elwell.

The middle of three stairways to Sierra Buttes fire lookout, California

The topmost of three flights of stairs to the Sierra Buttes fire lookout, in California near the northern end of the Sierra Nevada.