South Mountain, WA | November, 2025

I attempted to activate South Mountain (and Summit "1540") in the South Olympic Region.  The land is owned by Green Diamond Resource Company. It looks like they have taken a page from Weyerhauser's play book and require permits for entry into this restricted use area of Mason County.  See: https://nwpermits.greendiamond.com/ At the time of this writing, annual permits started on Sept 1 and Motorized permits cost $425 Ouch!  

I tried two separate access points from the south and only got as close as 18 miles away.  Both were blocked. Image below.  This would also apply to SO-097 "1540 Mt Conversion".