Butler Peak Fire Lookout from Grout Bay with some bonus singletrack.
Start at 6677ft and goes to 8390ft at peak
The fire road to Butter Peak Fire Lookout has been closed since a 2007 forest fire. It's a great ride for mountain biking or hiking because you don't have to worry about cars are jeeps. the view on a clear day is amazing. I could see Catalina Island clearly with the naked eye. Views of Lake Arrowhead , Big Bear Lake, Snow Valley ski resort and the high desert all from one location.
Ride from where ever you are to Fawnskin. The Grout Bay / Gray's Peak Trailhead is 1 mile West of Fawnskin on the Highway 38. Ride up the trail, take the fireroad to the right when you enter a big clearing. Go past Gray's peak trailhead 100 ft and find trail to Hanna Flats. Take this trail. It will cross 1 or two fireroads and then it will hit a fireroad with gravel on it. This is 2n13, follow it all the way to Butler Peak. Go back how you came. Awesome!
Ride from where ever you are to Fawnskin. The Grout Bay / Gray's Peak Trailhead is 1 mile West of Fawnskin on the Highway 38. Ride up the trail, take the fireroad to the right when you enter a big clearing. Go past Gray's peak trailhead 100 ft and find trail to Hanna Flats. Take this trail. It will cross 1 or two fireroads and then it will hit a fireroad with gravel on it. This is 2n13, follow it all the way to Butler Peak. Go back how you came. Awesome!
3D View
This is a 3d view in Google Earth of the hike from the Gray's Peak parking lot. The trail that goes off to the right goes to Hanna Flats and the Trail
Thanks to Big Bear Valley Trails Foundation for creating new trails and promoting big bear trails.