Current Conditions
Weather Forecast
from the National Weather Service
Gate status: This road is usually open all the winter, though
will could be muddy if there's been recent weather.
If in doubt, check with
the BLM Ridgecrest
Field Office .
Deer hunting season - "The season in Zone D-9 shall open on the fourth Saturday
in September and extend for 30 consecutive days." For more information, visit
the California Fish and Game Commission.
Adventure Passes are not currently (2011) required by the BLM.
Trip Reports from our Archives
Cross Mountain, Butterbredt Peak,
Sorrell Peak, Piute Lookout, Piute Mountain, Bald Eagle Peak, Sawtooth
Peak , 30 May-1 June 1969, How Bailey
Cross Mountain, Butterbredt Peak, Mayan Peak, Nicolls Peak , 17-18 January 1970,
How Bailey
Chuckwalla Mountain, Cross Mountain, Mayan Peak, Butterbredt Peak , 27 February
1988, John Sheldon
Cross Mountain, Butterbredt Peak ,
1 April 1989, Jim Adler
Butterbredt Peak, Mayan Peak, Onyx Peak #2 , 27 January 1990, Frank Dobos
Chuckwalla Mountain, Cross Mountain, Butterbredt Peak, Mayan Peak , 10 March 1990,
Patty Kline
Butterbredt Peak, Cross Mountain ,
12 January 1991, Jack Trager
Red Mountain, Black Mountain #6, Butterbredt Peak, Mayan Peak , 16 February 1991,
Alan Coles
Butterbredt Peak, Mayan Peak, Onyx Peak #2 , Skinner Peak , 16 November 1991,
David Jensen
Chuckwalla Mountain, Cross Mountain, Butterbredt Peak, Mayan Peak , 25 January
1992, David Eisenberg
Chuckwalla Mountain, Cross Mountain, Butterbredt Peak, Mayan Peak, Skinner
Peak, Black Mountain #6, Red Mountain , 13 February 1993, George
Schroedter
Butterbredt
Peak (HPS), Glass Mountain Ridge (DPS), Mount Morrison (SPS) , 16
September 1994 (DPS private trip), Tom Sumner
Cross Mountain, Chuckwalla Mountain, Butterbredt Peak, Mayan Peak , 10 April 1999,
Joe Young
Emblems earned on Butterbredt Peak
9 October 1969 - Bob Van Allen, First List Completion #14
1980 or 1981 - Rick Potter, 200 Peaks Bar #161,
17 January 1982 - Robert S. Hicks, 100 Peaks Emblem #604
14 January 1983 - Bruce Arbuckle, 200 Peaks Bar #195
11 March 1990 - Patty Kline, 200 Peaks Bar #270
16 September 1994 - Sue Wyman, First List Completion #182
16 December 2001 - Roxana Lewis, 200 Peaks Bar #402
Links of Interest