The Sierra mountains of California are a great place for adventurers to visit. The first leg of the proposed town-to-town ...

120 miles northeast of Sacramento. Is this the Sierra Buttes Fire Lookout tell At an elevation of 8587 ft, This was originally built in 1915 as a vantage point to spot fires in the Lake Tahoe region.

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Trail boss Henry O'Donnell helps level a new section of the Lost Sierra Route, a 600-mile complex of trails that will link mountain communities, in Quincy, Calif. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles ...

From the edge of the Sierra Buttes lookout station, the sensation can feel like you are walking on air. Many get dizzy. Some are afraid to look down. Most all feel a sense of rapture. This is the ...

On a clear day you can see Lassen Peak! The views are just one of the many reasons to make the climb to the top of the Sierra Buttes Lookout Tower. Being the tallest peak in the Sierra Basin in Sierra ...

Perched high atop the Sierra Buttes, you can get one of the most thrilling and yet strangely eerie sensations available anywhere in the great outdoors. It's thrilling because at the Lookout Station at ...

We’ve just gotten word that there’s a new race series for the gravel and dirt loving crowd that combines three well-known events. The Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship (SBTS) is combining their Lost and ...

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A missing Northern California man who separated from his brother on a hike in California’s Sierra Nevada was found dead Sunday, officials said. The hiker fell over a ridge line on the popular Sierra ...