Buttermilk Country includes a dirt road into the heart of the Buttermilks a world renowned rock climbing area. We don't climb but love the hiking opportunities and spring "hunting for sheads", trying to find elk horn sheads in the numerous ravines coming down from Mt. Tom.

The helpful tourist-office lady suggested this road but we headed up at sunset and found ourselves driving on a rocky path back at night...OK, the boulder mountains and snow-covered peaks in the near distance at sunset were beautiful.

Scenic drive, ending into Lake Sabrina, North Lake and South Lake, beautiful lakes and creek, with a lot of fish, and areas where you can launch your boat. Worth driving and seeing!

This place is well known for bouldering, but rest assured: as someone who intends never to boulder in her life, I love the Buttermilks. You can make it through the Buttermilks, a short ride from Bishop, with a sedan, but SUV with 4WD is optimal. It's great for a switch from the mountains we hike -- less of a challenge,... More

When I was younger, this was one of my favorite places. Now, tourists have trashed the place. Trash, people everywhere. So sad.

This is a wonderful place. Also it's one of the country's leading bouldering sites. Great place for hiking or snowshoeing or Nordic skiing. The locals don't often hike here in the summer because it's hot and the rattlesnakes like this area. For photographers, it's fabulous. The best lighting would be in the early morning. Named Buttermilk because there used to... More