This pleasant summit requires a nice, moderate hike through a forested area, coming out onto a wildflower filled hillside meadow. The summit is at the top of the meadow. There are interpretive signs and a bench that provide a good operating position.
Herman Peak should be a natural follow-on activation with Cape Mountain (W7O/CC-071). The Herman Peak Cape Rd goes to Cape Mountain, and then on over to Herman Peak. Cape Mountain is a lovely little summit.
This summit lies on the south side of Florence. The trail rises 350 to 400’ over about one mile. The summit is covered with RF equipment which did not seem to cause much interference to my HF station.
Dead Mountain, W7O/CM-115 is an out of the way summit in a forested area. A road goes right by this 2 point summit.
Badger Mountain, W7O/CC-057, is a one point summit that is a repeater/cell tower complex at the end of a 2.2 mile logging road. It isn't particlarly atteractive, unless you like to look at towers. Access can be a bit tricky. See below.
Stoney Point, W7O/CC-076, is a one point summit near Noti, OR. It is on private property and requires permission to hike. The people who live in the house at the gate have been reasonable about access, as were the loggers working on the way up.
Timber Butte is a 2 point, 3650' asl summit about 19 miles north of Lowell, OR. It is crowned by a converted lookout tower. This converted structure is available as a rental cabin, which is available for rent on a daily basis from mid May through mid September.A gate blocks the road up to the cabin/summit.
My wife and I set out on 8 May 2016 to activate Mount June, W7O/WV-042. This is a moderately difficult hike to the top of a 4620’ summit.
I activated Holland Point, W7O/WV-017, on 13 May 2016. This is typically an easy hike to the top of the 1542 m (5057') Cascade foothill south of Cottage Grove, OR. The directions are given below. However, there can be obstacles early in the season before crews have cleared downed trees from the roads. That was the problem I ran into.