Trail #118 Hamilton Buttes

This trail is open to motorcycles, hikers, horses and bicycles.

The trail starts on Forest Road 78 and climbs to the junction with the Hamilton Ridge Trail #109A, then ends a little further to the north, at the junction with the Blue Lake Butte Trail #119 and the Yoozoo Trail #276. If the time it right in the spring, you will be surrounded by wildflowers and huckleberries.

This trail was once used by fire lookouts on their way to their solitary post. The trail, mainly used by trailbikes, joins with the Valley Trail #270 to the south and ties into the north with the Blue Lake Butte Trail #119, Yozoo Trail #276 and Hamilton Peak Trail #109. On the south end, the Hamilton Buttes Trail climbs through scattered old growth and second growth forests before entering open fields on top where you get views of Mt. Adams and the Cispus River. The trail follows the ridge through several open meadows.

See Blue Lake Area map and Vicinity around Blue Lake Creek CG map