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Summit: W7W/SN-177
Submitted by K7DDC on
After a bit of a hiatus, K7IAJ and I made a quick trip up highwire this afternoon. We wanted to make a quick trip up something that would be an easy objective. We originally chose Haystack Moutanin, but access was restricted, and the permitting wasn…
Summit: W7O/SC-020
Submitted by AG7GP on
Little Grayback has been another summit I have been eyeing for a while as I am slowly getting familiar with this area around Applegate Lake. I always looked at approaching it from the westside, near the lake but looking closer and after doing…
Summit: W7W/NO-073
Submitted by KL0NP on
The winter activation is much more challenging than the summer one. In the summer, it is a drive-up until the last quarter-mile walk. In the winter the road is closed 9 miles down at 2000' elevation. So that means and 4000' climb over 8…
Summit: W7I/NI-026
Submitted by K7VK on
This summit is the old Horseshoe Lookout Site. It had a primitive platform on a rock pinnacle from 1921-1961. A standard L-4 structure, 1962-1983. Both structures succumbed to wildfires and were not rebuilt. Concrete blocks from the L-4…
Summit: W7I/IC-233
Submitted by AE7AP on
22-miles, +6,200 ft; - 6,500 From Elk Mountain TH3.0 miles, +2,400 ft from Buck Lake CreekI activated this on the 6th day of a 15-day backpacking from the Elk Mountain Trailhead, but other approaches such as Meadow Creek or Indian Hill may also…
Summit: W7W/LC-164
Submitted by K7ATN on
Prune Hill is an extinct volcanic vent, 755 feet ASL, located in Camas, Washington, about 30 minutes from Portland, Oregon. This summit is in a suburban neighborhood with no public space near the summit itself. …
Summit: W7I/IC-137
Submitted by AE7AP on
24.2 miles, +7,500 ft; - 6,800 From Elk Mountain TH5.2 miles, +3,800; -500 ft from Buck Lake CreekI activated this on the 7th day of a 15-day backpacking from the Elk Mountain Trailhead, but other approaches such as Meadow Creek or Indian Hill may…
Summit: W7I/IC-115
Submitted by AE7AP on
10.7-miles, +3,800 ft; -2,900 From Elk Mountain TH1.2 miles, +1,000 ft from Trail 562 JunctionI activated this on the 12th day of a 15-day backpacking from the Elk Mountain Trailhead, via Mink Ridge & Marten Creek with a side-trip up Marten…
Summit: W7W/LC-001
Submitted by KL0NP on
This was the second activation of LC-001 for both WE7CAT and KL0NP. The first year WE7CAT had just gotten her tech license and was too shy to talk on the radio. The next year she activated it without me with using an Anytone 878 with…
Summit: W7I/IC-252
Submitted by AE7AP on
18.5-miles, +4,700 ft; -5,300 From Elk Mountain TH3.5 miles, +800, - 1,500 ft ft from Trail 562 JunctionI activated this on the 13th day of a 15-day backpacking from the Elk Mountain Trailhead, via Mink Ridge & Marten Creek with a side-trip up…