Bunker Hill is a nicely accessible summit a few miles north of Carson, Washington. The trailhead is an easy drive, and the hike is about 3.6 miles roundtrip and 1300 feet of gain. Note that little of the gain is on the first mile or so of the hike - it's steep later. The hike starts on the Pacific Crest Trail for the first easy half mile or so.
Between October 21 and October 30, 2020, we visited the Sunriver / Bend areas of Oregon. The cold but clear weather allowed us to Activate 8 SOTA summits in 6 outings. This report is one of a series, and deals with the Activation of Burma Rd HP, AKA Point 4,230, W7O/CE-304. Prior to coming to the Bend / Sunriver area, I had contacted Ron, W6PZA, who lives in Bend, Oregon. I had seen on-line that he had been a very consistent Activator in this area, and reached out to him to possibly arrange some joint Activations. Happily, things worked out, we hit it off, and wound up doing 2 joint Activations - this one, and also North Paulina Peak, the subject of another Activation report.
UPDATE: last trip I walked the bermed road. A bit longer but much easier and safer. Tracks on sotamap.
Blue Nose is a US Forest Service Lookout built in 1934. The structure still exists. From the summit are good views of the steep slopes of the Salmon River Canyon and high summits of the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness. The final access road is a bit
This is a burned-over flat-summit on the Idaho/Montana Border. Access is via an obscure 4x4 road that takes off to the north from FS#038. Along this road after several hundred feet is a flatten area used as a dispersed campsite most commonly in hunting season. Beyond this area the road becomes an ATV track weaving through a sn
This un-named summit on the Idaho/Montana Border has similar views as Skookum Butte Lookout to the east 1.5 miles. The route also has good views looking down on Granite Lake. Distance views are peaks in the Selway Bitterroot Wilderness. It combines a vehicle drive, mountain bike road, a hiking trail and off-trail hike.
This Idaho/Montana border summit is an easy ‘walk-up’ from US Forest Service Road #044. The summit is on the Idaho/Montana border. From the summit are good views of the steep slopes of the Salmon River Canyon and high summits in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness.
Elk Mountain is a short scramble off a good US Forest Service road. The scramble is mostly on a ridge through an old clearcut that has in places heavy ceanothus brush. Wood ticks can be abundant in the spring.
Miller Peak is a large commercial communications site. Given that, the road accessible to the public is narrow, brushy and with few places to pass on coming vehicles. The road can become a bit crowded in later summer if a huckleberry crop along the road entices pickers.
This is an urban park activation about thirty minutes from downtown Portland. No GPS device needed as Google maps provides good driving directions. Though you can pull off a 2M sidelwalk activation near the summit (which is on private property), a more pleasant place to operate from is Skyline Ridge Park (45.3905, -122.6634), about a half mile south. RF noise levels are high, so while a nice spot for an activation, don't expect big things on the HF bands.