{"id":102,"date":"2008-10-29T07:30:05","date_gmt":"2008-10-29T14:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/?p=102"},"modified":"2023-04-02T15:20:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T22:20:43","slug":"two-hikers-spend-unexpected-night-in-the-red-buttes-wilderness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/29\/two-hikers-spend-unexpected-night-in-the-red-buttes-wilderness\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Buttes Wilderness Hikers Spend Unexpected Night in the Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two hikers recently got lost after hiking some trails in the Red Buttes Wilderness, which straddles the border between Oregon and California.<\/p>\n

We recently had some great comments about my post on Derek Mamoyac’s five-day ordeal on Mount Adams in southern Washington<\/a>. Several people gave great advice on how to hike safely (especially alone).<\/p>\n

Red Buttes Wilderness Hikers Miscalculate…<\/h2>\n

Now two hikers recently had to spend an unplanned night in Red Buttes Wilderness<\/strong>, which straddles the border of Northern California and southern Oregon. They got a late start and didn’t even come close to making it back to the car by dark. They had no food, no water, no jackets. They did manage to build a fire and drink from a stream. Search and rescue began looking for them and found the pair walking out the next morning.<\/p>\n

This is a prime example of the importance of using your head before going on a hike. These young men should have:<\/p>\n