Ball Butte

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Ball Butte
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Ball Butte photographed by the National Park Service on August 12, 2008
Highest point
Elevation 8,091
Coordinates 44°03′57″N121°40′35″W / 44.065916°N 121.676490°W / 44.065916; -121.676490
Geography
Ball Butte
Location Deschutes, Oregon, U.S.
Parent range Cascade Range
Topo map USGS Broken Top
Geology
Volcanic arc Cascade Volcanic Arc
Last eruption Pleistocene

Ball Butte is a volcanic mountain of the Cascades in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. [1] Its summit has an elevation of 8,091 feet and is located southeast of Broken Top. [2] It is a popular back-country skiing area and is best accessed from the Dutchman Flat Sno-Park or the Upper Three Creeks Sno-Park. [3] [4]

References

  1. ↑ Spear, B. A. (1996), "Petrology of the Ball Butte Volcano, central Oregon High Cascades: Evidence for mixing between basaltic andesite and rhyodacite (abs)", Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 28.
  2. ↑ "Ball Butte". Medium.com. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Backcountry Skiing & Snowboarding & Snowboarding in Bend, Oregon". VisitBend.com. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Skiing and snowboarding". BendBulletin.com. Retrieved January 2, 2018.


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