Welcome to the Pacific Northwest!

The pnwSOTA website was created to facilitate communication between SOTA operators in the Pacific Northwest region, as well as show off some of the activities of the top-notch folks we have in the area. On this site you will find information about getting started in SOTA as well as details about summits and activations contributed by people that are operating here.

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Carne Mountain, WA - October 2024

Summit: 
W7W/CH-142

From Lake Wenatchee, travel north on Forest Service Road 6200. The Carne Mountain trailhead is at the end of a 13-mile dirt road. The first 11 miles are rough, but the last 2 have recently been regraded and are quite decent. A high clearance vehicle is recommended, although we made it in our low clearance campervan. No pass is required and we slept at the trailhead to get an early start the next morning. The parking lot is small, and people park on the side of the road when the lot is full. It can be difficult to turn around if people park on both sides.

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Haystack Butte, OR | October 2024

Summit: 
W7O/CE-221

This turned out to be an easy activation. The road has some rutted sections where having a high clearance vehicle is nice but not necessary. Since we were hosting a S2S Party, 2M was no problem, but we also worked many locals on 2M. There are plenty of old Juniper snags to tie off a mast to for HF. Have fun!

 

See my full report here 

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Four Summits on Klickitat Trail #7 | September 2023

Summit: 
W7W/PL-020

Four summits accessed via Klickitat Trail #7:

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Reminder: Central Oregon S2S Party is Oct 12, 2024

Just bumping this to the top of the heap.  See this link for details.

 

 

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Lucky Butte, OR | Oct 2024

Summit: 
W7O/WV-019

This summit was my last one on a recent trip to Willamette National Forest.

It came about after all the other summits I had selected north of the Santiam Hwy were closed due to recent fire damage.

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Scar Mountain, OR | Oct 2024

Summit: 
W7O/WV-018

NOTE: this summit is also closed Aug '24 due to recent fire damage.

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Outerson Mountain, OR | Oct 2024

Summit: 
W7O/CN-026

NOTE: this whole area north of Santiam Hwy is closed due to fire damage.  The McCoy Creek Rd is closed.

This includes:

Timber Butte W7O/CN-030

Outerson Mountain W7O/CN-026

Triangulation Peak W7O/CN-019

5251 W7O/CN-080

Woodpecker Hill W7O/CN-037

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Timber Butte, OR | Oct 2024

Summit: 
W7O/CN-030

NOTE: this whole area north of Santiam Hwy is closed due to fire damage.  The McCoy Creek Rd is closed.

This includes:

Timber Butte W7O/CN-030

Outerson Mountain W7O/CN-026

Triangulation Peak W7O/CN-019

5251 W7O/CN-080

Woodpecker Hill W7O/CN-037

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Triangulation Peak, OR | Oct 2024

Summit: 
W7O/CN-019

NOTE: this whole area north of Santiam Hwy is closed due to fire damage.  The McCoy Creek Rd is closed.

This includes:

Timber Butte W7O/CN-030

Outerson Mountain W7O/CN-026

Triangulation Peak W7O/CN-019

5251 W7O/CN-080

Woodpecker Hill W7O/CN-037