Forested Summit

Summit is forested and/or has ample tree cover.
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Whetstone Ridge, MT | October, 2023

Summit: 
W7M/SF-184

1.7 miles, +884 ft, -47 ft;  On ATV Trail

Driving Directions from Checkerboard, MT

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Little Blacktail Mountain, ID | Oct 2023

Summit: 
W7I/NP-138

When I visited Northern Idaho, I also had the chance to activate this summit.

The route to the summit starts on Hwy 95, turning East onto Blacktail Rd.  This is followed around until it once again turns East onto Little Blacktail Rd.  Then follow the pit run (larger gravel) covered road to the top.

There are 3 or 4 repeater towers up there so I parked next to the large propane tank on the southernmost one and headed south to put some distance between us.  Even so, 20m was very noisy.  I didn't have a problem on 40m or 15m.

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Whaleback, OR | July 2023

Summit: 
W7O/CS-085

Turn off ORE-62 Crater Lake Hwy onto NF-68, and then just follow NF-68: right at 42.8641, -122.5061; bear left at 42.873, -122.4977; and follow the pavement to the end; the turns are mostly obvious after here, Caltopo's map is quite good to Abbott Butte Trailhead; when forest management crews haven't closed the trail for fire and burnt tree hazard mitigation, you can combine this with that hike.

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Round Top, OR | July 2023

Summit: 
W7O/CS-101

This is a quite decent set of forest roads up to a peak that'll require just a little bushwhacking.

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5220 (Watson Ridge), OR | July 2023

Summit: 
W7O/CS-163

Route

Here is a link to the route we (KC7JNU, KK7DAK, KK7IUD) followed to and from the peak as well as additional data; there is a screenshot below of the same route. As can be seen, we started and ended our route to the north of the peak.

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Captain Gray Mountain, OR | September 2023

Summit: 
W7O/NC-047

Captain Grey Mountain is a road walk of a few miles gravel through a mix of forest and clear cuts.

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signal peak wa | september 2023

Summit: 
W7W/LC-110

Summary - A drive up on the west end of the Toutle range.

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Peak 4700, WA | Sep 2023

Summit: 
W7W/PL-064

Just east of Mount Rainier National Park and north of Highway 12 is this bushwack activation.

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North Green Mtn, WA | Sept 2023 (with permit)

Summit: 
W7W/LC-142

2023 update:  You can access North Green Mountain if you purchase a Weyerhaeuser permit https://recreation.weyerhaeuser.com. You will need the “Longview – St Helens” one.

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6260 (New Lake Butte)

Summit: 
W7O/NE-264

New (and Improved!) Lake Butte 6260 W7O/NE-264

There are three options for getting to this peak.

Priusable road: Hike 4.2 miles RT with 900 ft elevation gain.

High clearance 4x4: Hike from a hunting camp 2.75 miles and 700 ft elevation gain.

High clearance 4x4 and willing copilot: Hike 1.75 miles and 500 ft of gain