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Gilchrist Butte | OR March 2025

Submitted by K7AGL on
Summit
Trail Characteristics
APRS Coverage
Don't know
Cellular Provider
AT&T
Voice Cellular Coverage
Decent, workable
Data Cellular Coverage
Decent, workable

I was surprised to find an accessible peak in CM that the Bend SOTA folks had not yet activated. I did the activation as a snowshoe, but you can drive up a lot closer to the summit if there is no snow.  As you ascend, the forest growth increasingly closes in, so basically, just park when you can't take any more scratching up of your paint.  It is a very pleasant 2.8 mile hike from the main road.  I've posted a GPX track you can download. I posted summit pics to SOTA Atlas.

Room on the summit for long wires, but no views that I could see.  Pretty straightforward activation.  I was lucky to be first activator!