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4029, OR | Oct 2024

Summit: 
W7O/SE-176

I had set a SOTA goal a few months ago to activate all of the summits surrounding Lake Owyhee in SE Oregon and set out to tackle my first one yesterday. 4029 is right next to 3660 (W7O/SE-188) and are both accessible by a vehicle turn-around at the end of a jeep road. To reach this vehicle turn-around you have to spend about my 70-80 mintues driving over a few jeep roads from Leslie Gulch Rd. The 4WD driving is straight forward.

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Cle Elum Ridge, WA - October 2024

Summit: 
W7W/CW-087

This summit can be reached via the Crooked Tree Trail, which has a listing in AllTrails here: 

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Mitchell Butte, OR | Posted Private | Oct 2024

Summit: 
W7O/SE-113

Posted as private property on 10/18/24 - see pics below. Activated W7O/SE-114 (Tub Mountain) instead - 1 hour / 38 miles north, 4WD required.

 

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Panther Rock (drive-up)

Summit: 
W7O/WV-056

A drive-up on quite good gravel roads (see below), with great views in all directions (fully logged following forest fire a few years ago).

I came in from the West, leaving the paved road at 44.97599, -122.50586. These subsequent gravel roads were good enough for any passenger car. Just watch for big rocks on the road. There's not much to say about this road. There were very few gates, and I didn't notice any signage near them (unlike below).

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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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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