20 – Squaw Butte Lookout
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Coordinates: 44.003596, -116.411531
Elevation: 5840 ft
Difficulty: 3
What to Expect: No info
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Nice day. Cloudy but no rain. Beautiful views. I’d been up several years ago in a minivan. The KLR was more fun and less stressful!
Nice cool day
Great day for a trip up to Squaw Butte.
Nice day for a ride to Squaw Butte from Caldwell. Gravel, washboards, a few ruts, and a couple spots were bumpy so better to stand. Pretty view. We haven’t been up here in quite a few years.
This is more of a 2 and a 2.8 at the top. A corolla could defo get up, but it might lose a few parts while being shaken by the washboard. The gravel was slippier on the way down than up. I took the F650 but could easily have taken the 1250GSA.
Great ride this morning- loose gravel
Boss let us out early, so up I went. A graded gravel dirt road with a short, steep, loose gravel section. Mostly a level 2, but I’ll give it an easy 3 for the one spot.
Fairly easy for a 3. A couple of loose gravel spots but for the most part it was a very good road up. Great views!
I’m gonna say 2 for the most part and one stretch of 2.5, only because it was steeper with a little more loose gravel than the rest of it and I felt compelled to stand. Bike was a BMW R1250GSA with TMM’s. I never had to use the clutch on the way up like I do if it’s a 3. There were no rain ruts and I could turn the bike around pretty easily had I felt the need to. Great view at the top. I’ve been looking at SB for thirty years now and never been to the top. Thanks Challenge organizers for making it a checkpoint!
Views are awesome! Thanks for including this point in the IAMC Challenge.
Made it up just fine although it was sorta dicey in spots due to low traction and sorta steep climbs on Dunlop missions. Also I thought I would make a loop of it and try continuing on past the other radio towers towards Jake’s creek… bad idea. I got super lucky when Johnny from Gem County Motorsports came up the trail I was dragging my bike down and helped me get out of the spot I had gotten myself into.
Great day out with Alex. Agree…it’s a solid three ride. Still green in the foothills so get out while you can.
BEATUFIUL ride! I highly recommend getting up here while it’s still green. Once you hit gravel it’s an easy 2 until the last couple of miles where it’s a doable 3. An intermediate rider on a large bike won’t have too much trouble.
Just a wee bit soggy. Best view of Emmett you can imagine.
Nutin but 1 big cloud today, no dust though
Great ride up there! A wide gravel road, but it can get steep, rutted, and washboardy in spots. What a view at the top!
It is beautiful right now! And it is a pretty sketchy climb, in spots. You feel like you earned something at the top of this monumental Butte!
What an amazing ride! I had never been there before, despite knowing about it for many years. It seems like a mini version of the Steens. And boy, today was super windy up there. The ride up the ravine is spectacular. Go while it’s still green!