Aspen Butte, Mountain Lakes Wilderness

Aspen Butte is a steep-sided shield volcano in the Cascade Range of southern Oregon. It is located 15 miles south of Pelican Butte and 15 miles southeast of Mount McLoughlin. It rises over 4,000 feet above the nearby shore of Upper Klamath Lake. Ice Age glaciers carved three large cirques into the north and northeast flanks of the mountain removing most of the original summit area including any evidence of a crater. The summit is now the high point along the curving ridge which bounds the southern edge of the cirques above steep cliffs. ()