This is a very nice hike (3.3 Miles, 2,900 ft.)
Drive west from Augusta towards Nilan Reservoir and Benchmark. Continue for 14-miles, turning right (Northerly) on the Willow Creek road towards Gibson Reservoir. Continue another 1.2 miles and turn left immediately after passing Scoutana – an old Girl Scout Camp. The turn is also signed as “USFS Administrative Site”. Follow this road and park where it is blocked by a gate.
This was my second activation of Lucky Peak. Always a good hike to test your fitness level. There are a few options to get to the top. The route we took was 11.2 miles and 3089 feet of climbing. See my previous report for more information. Lucky Peak 2015: http:/www.pnwsota.org/node/556 . You can also drive to nearly the top if you want a shorter hike. The road up (from Hwy 21) is best with a SUV or high clearance vehicle. There is a small parking lot and bathroom at the end of the road.
Peak 7057 is the first peak along the FS374 ridgeline north of the Harris Creek Summit. The second peak is Hawley Mountain (W7I/BC-069). Harris Creek Summit (saddle) can be reached from Harris Creek Rd. which connects Horseshoe Bend and Placerville, Idaho. It is a dirt road in good condition. From Harris Creek summit, FS374 is a resonably good single track road.
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.
Hawley Mountain is the second peak along the FS374 ridgeline north of the Harris Creek Summit. Harris Creek Summit (saddle) can be reached from Harris Creek Rd. which connects Horseshoe Bend and Placerville, Idaho. It is a dirt road in good condition.
From Harris Creek summit, FS374 is a resonably good single track road. SUV or other high clearance vehicle recommmended, but I did see a sedan parked at the base of Peak 7057! Minor rocks and ruts along the road so should be passable by most cars/trucks depending on your level of scraping desired.
The easy access to this hill is off of forest road FS-6081 (you’d want a high clearance vehicle) which was not passable for us. It leads to a spur road that goes almost to the top (this is also blocked to vehicles by windfall and some erosion). Good thing we had a plan B – which was to follow the PCT - Trail #2000, south from the nearby Crest Horse Camp.
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.