We ate lunch before tackling the summit of McClellan's Butte. While we were eating a young man and his girlfriend arrived. The man scrambled to the summit while the girlfriend waited below.

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Wilbur photos one of the surve markers found on the summit of McClellan's Butte. I-90 freeway is far below, leading to Seattle.

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I built the cairn on the left in honor of my second visit to McClellan's Butte. Wilbur built his cairn on the outer edge of the summit. This was an easy place to build a cairn as many flat rock slabs were available.

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Wilbur thought a snag near the summit of McClellan's Butte was a good place to hang a hat.

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Wilbur leads the way down from the top of McClellan's Butte, elevation 5,162 feet.

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