Welcome to the updated pnwsota.org!
Firstly, you will need to reset your password, we did not migrate those to the new site for you. And because our old site was running without HTTPS for so long, it is strongly encouraged that you do not recycle your previous password. Please pick something fresh and new! Head on over to the Password Reset page to get started (or click Log In and then Reset your password )
The pnwSOTA website was created to facilitate communication between SOTA operators in the Pacific Northwest region, as well as show off some of the activities of the top-notch folks we have in the area. On this site you will find information about getting started in SOTA as well as details about summits and activations contributed by people that are operating here.
There are two Bunchgrass Ridges - this one is labeled as such in SOTA, but not on most public maps. The other one, CM-126, is labeled Bunchgrass Ridge on most maps, but SOTA does not give that one a name. Perhaps this will need to be inverted in the future. In any case CM-051 is a mildly difficult to access point slightly off the Bunchgrass trail, which is part of the Eugene to Crest trail. Both Bunchgrass peaks are accessible via the same trail, if enough time is dedicated to the effort. Both peaks are in a burn scar region from a few years back, but now publicly accessible again.
Getting there: Google Maps gives good directions. Just put the coordinates in and go. Roads are very well maintained as of March 2026. Cadillac gravel.
The road leads to within about 200 vertical feet of the activation zone. That last couple hundred feet is very steep in places and extremely brushy.
I never thought that at the end of January we would have mosquitoes, but there they were all over me at the top of David Hill. If that’s not a reason to go activate the summit, then what about this view on the way to the top?