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The climb for Pilot Butte, Bend, OR, starts at 3,000 feet and climbs to 3,480 feet in one mile.
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May 9, 2018 -- Pilot Butte is a 480-foot high cinder cone that erupted approximately 190,000 years ago, piling glowing cinders hundreds of feet deep over a period of a few months to perhaps two years. The location is now a park, flanked by a subdivision and a school playground.
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The heavily-used trail includes benches for a rest during the climb.
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My hiking companion, Tammi Hermann, rested and shot a photo of the valley below.
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Under a bright sun, a cool breeze wafted over the butte from snow-capped mountains to the west.
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Among the many Juniper trees on the trail to the top was this dead snag.
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The red line shows our route to the top. The other line shows where vehicles ascend.
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Stats for the day:
Distance: 2 miles
Elevation gain: 480 feet
Stats for the year:
Distance to date: 80.2 miles
Elevation gain to date: 17,590 feet
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