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Ample parking at the trailhead.
Two routes lead up to the summit.
The trail gets plenty of use, but volunteer efforts keep it well maintained.
A pileated woodpecker works on a standing-dead tree.
Hours of volunteer work have benefitied this heavily used trail.
Sunlight streaming through the firs along the Spencer Butte Trail.
Menzies' larkspur.
Poison oak is all over the upper portion of the butte.
The morning clouds linger over the valley east of Spencer Butte.
The summit of Spencer Butte (2,058 ft).
Eugene is to the north of the butte.
The steep trail down the west side.
A mid-hike view from the west trail toward the Coast Range.