Level of Difficulty: 1-Beginner to 8-Advanced intermediate

Elevations: 5000' to 7602'

Starting Point Coordinates: N43°24.842' W112°53.707'

Length of Trail: 26 miles (Big Southern Butte)

Approximate time: 2.5 hours (Big Southern Butte)

Approximate time: 1.5 hours (Cedar Butte)

Dates of Rides: 5/25 & 5/27/09

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For Google Earth Data:  Click Here (Big Southern Butte)

 

Description: This was actually two rides. On Memorial Day some friends and I went out to check out how to get to the Big Southern Butte, but got rained out. It was a fun ride however, riding to top of Cedar Buttte, a 7-Intermediate ride and then out around the desert through the sage brush and Junipers.

On Wednesday, I took my wife to make the accent, armed with a bit more information of where we were going. The first part of the trail is 8 miles through cattle and sage brush to the base of Big Butte. The road to the top is pretty loose and rocky which is why I call it an 8 in difficulty. If you are up to that type of riding it is a blast. The reward is an awesome, almost arial view of the Snake River plain.

 

Google Map

(By clicking on the "View Larger Map" you can export the data into Google Earth and get the full effect of a 3-D view in which you can turn and spin.)

 

 

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