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| White Butte near Amidon, ND |
Probably should have started out a little earlier to avoid the heat on Friday, July 22, 2011, but we were able to hike this in about 2 hours. As you can see from the pictures, no shade! And it does get hot in North Dakota!
White Butte near Amidon, ND, is 3506 ft. and offers a spectacular view of other buttes across the plains. The night before our hike, we stopped in
Bowman, ND, at the Visitor's Center and picked up a brochure which gave us directions. Only problem is that the roads are not named, so follow the directions exactly and you won't get caught driving south down the wrong road like we did.
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| Leave a donation in the mailbox and hike through the owner's land. |
We did call the phone number on the
brochure to ask permission to hike through the private property, but no one answered and no one returned my call. We left a donation and hiked along the two ruts through the hayfield. When you reach the bottom of the butte, the hike is pretty steep. You'll see a few different trails leading to the summit, and you will have to decide which one to take. The trail along the fence looked a little difficult, so we took a longer, less steep path. On the way down, we decided to travel along the fence. Mistake. Just too steep for us. You may think differently.
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| Looking back toward the car. |
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| Wish we could have driven a little closer. |
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