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Summit: W7W/KG-132
Submitted by KE4HET on
Today's attempted activation of Wilderness Peak W7W/KG-132 was my second attempt at my first SOTA activation. My cousin and I have been hiking all summer on various trails between Lake Washington and Snoqualmie Pass. In the last few…
Summit: W7W/LC-084
Submitted by WU7H on
WW7D and I were in Skamania County for the WA state QSO party (Salmon Run). This was one of two summits we visited on Sunday of that weekend. Neither of us realized it at the time, but this was the first activation of this summit.Termination Point…
Summit: W7W/LC-043
Submitted by WU7H on
WW7D and I were in the area for the WA State QSO party (Salmon Run). This was the 2nd summit we did on this extremely wet Sunday in late Sept.The road up to West Twin Butte is really fun... if you are on a motorcycle! The last 1/2 mile of this road…
Summit: W7W/LC-106
Submitted by WU7H on
I like big buttes, and I can not lie... I don't have much to add that K7NIT didn't already cover in her excellent…
Summit: W7W/LC-067
Submitted by WU7H on
WW7D and I were in the area for the WA State QSO party 'Salmon Run'. This was the 2nd summit we activated on this fine sunny day in Sept!D-Layer is a great summit!! I guess I had low expectations based on the intel we had, but it is a really nice…
Summit: W7W/NO-041
Submitted by KL0NP on
Our first snow of the year. I have done all the 8 point summits in the upper Dungeness area that I can get to with a day hike except this one. It seemed like a relatively easy one, 6 miles in with a half mile off trail to the summit. It was a good…
Summit: W7O/WV-078
Submitted by NS7P on
On August 29, 2012, Guy, N7UN, Annaliese, NH6Z and Phil, NS7P, activated Eagles Rest in the Willamette Valley foothills of Lane Co, OR. This small summit sits at 3024' ASL (1725' above the trailhead). It is exposed rock surrounded by forest.To…
Summit: W7O/WV-032
Submitted by N0DA on
We didn't see any swamps, and it certainly wasn't swamped with people!Getting to the trailhead was straighforward by following the directions at https…
Summit: W7O/NE-236
Submitted by K7AGL on
Summit 5230 is located 23 miles (as the crow flies) South of Pendleton, OR. If you have the right vehicle and can tolerate a long bumpy ride in, this can be a drive up summit. It would make an excellent mountain bike-based activation. I…
Summit: W7O/CN-005
Submitted by K7AHR on
WhyWith the first four peaks in Cascades North being activated, I decided I needed to hatch a plan to hit the next two. This summit is over 7 miles from the nearest trailhead and 3300 feet of gain, and it's 4000 feet of gain from our trailhead, so I…