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A Hampton Forest permit is required for this summit, which is near Granite Falls. From the entry gate, we stayed on main logging roads because they were wide and nicely graveled. A number of the roads we mapped on OnX and palanned to use were abandoned or dead ends. After rerouting a few times, we made it all the way to the end of the road and were able to walk just a short distance to the summit. There are lots of downed trees to hike over. Small trees and stumps are available for antennas.

North of Entiat and south of Chelan, you'll find the small town of Winesap along the Columbia River, which is where you'll leave highway 97. Turn west onto Oklahoma Gulch Rd. After about 4 miles, turn left onto S Fork Mud Creek Forest Service 5340 Rd. After about a mile, park at the intersection at 47.78044, -120.26211. There is room to park a couple cars. Follow the motorcycle path (also called Steliko Ridge Road) west for a little over a mile, and then at about 47.76498, -120.26565 head off the road and bushwhack up the hill to the activation zone.

This is a drive-up summit in the Capitol State Forest, west of Olympia. Map to Coordinates: 47.0261, -123.1691. The road is a dirt forest service road with some potholes, but any car should be able to make it. You can drive right up to the activation zone. We walked about 25 feet from where we parked to get a little higher. There are stumps and tall grass with some small trees. 

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

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.