Selah Butte — Saturday, Apr. 26, 2025

Ascended the long route up Selah Butte. The trail branches off to the left about a half mile up the normal route to stay under the ridge line. This route starts off as an obvious trail, but quickly fades in and out, passing over basalt scree, and enters into class 2 scramble regularly. There are a couple large scree sections where there is no trail, and making the wrong route choice leads into a class 3 scramble. The hillside is open and exposed so it's never too time consuming to find the trail again.

I don't recommend this route to new or beginner hikers.