Pelican Butte, Fourmile Lake
Pelican Butte with Fourmile Lake (5748' asl) in the foreground. The lake is man-made and water is taken to the Rogue Valley on the west side via a canal to Fish Lake. There was a proposal for a ski area on Pelican Butte, but it had some fundamental flaws in addition to environmental hurdles.
The open sparsely treed area in the foreground is the base of the northeast bowl which I skied, and I ended up down in this area. The sparse small trees reflect the avalanche activity on this large, steep, open face.
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