Every year me and my family go down to Ocean Park, WA (north tip of the Long Beach peninsula) to camp. I typically try to do at least one of the nearby summits. This year I did W7W/PL-165. WW7D has a good trip report from his 2 previous activations, however the land ownership has changed and his route is no longer viable. The gated road is now signed private property / no trespassing. I could see on my topo map that there was another way to come in from the north, so I drove further up Government Road to check it out. The road is gated but there is a sign saying that hiking is allowed!
It was a surprisingly nice walk on a forest road, some of which is abandoned and getting pretty brushy. You also have to cross a creek twice and it was a bit muddy but not too bad. My GPS says the stats were 3.6 miles and 726' (round trip). I was able to get WW7D S2S, so he got a complete on this one! The activation was pretty good and I made 43 QSOs, all on HF (9 S2S). I didn't try VHF. The views from the summit are decent!
