On a warm mid-June day we drove up the Red Lake Road, then turned up onto the Red Plateau Forest Service Road. Near the 4.5 km marker, we parked, then started a hike on tracks and trails across Red Plateau. Our route connected us with the Dewdrop Trail/Castle Butte/Red Plateau Traverse Trail. The trail passes above the scramble route to Castle Butte, then we continued on to one of the best viewpoints on the Red Plateau Escarpment. Rugged lava cliffs rise 700 vertical meters (2300 feet) from the Dewdrop Range below. After exploring an arch, we had lunch, then returned by the same route.
Navigating on Red Plateau requires either past experience or a good app and track. For about 50 years I have been hiking routes on Red Plateau. this was a route I knew, taking a small group out for a 7.2 km hike.
Some photos taken on the hike are shared here in a Google Photos album:
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