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Summit: W7O/WV-134
Submitted by K7ATN on
Along Highway 22 between Salem and Detroit there is a near drive-up summit. In 2013 the road was passable (with some care) in a passenger car. (It may be a bit overgrown now.) This summit could be a back up plan when nearby Rocky Top can't be…
Summit: W7O/CN-078
Submitted by K7ATN on
These eleven miles (RT) seem much farther when you are on snowshoes - take that into account if you should decide to try this winter activation. If you have 4WD, very high clearance and nerves of steel, you you might consider driving a bad road in…
Summit: W7O/NC-065
Submitted by K7ATN on
Peak 3534 is a near drive up in the Tillamook State Forest west of Portland off Highway 6. It would be a good combination activation with South Saddle Mountain, W7O/NC-002.If you are tackling Peak 3534 on its own or to start first on South Saddle,…
Summit: W7O/NC-043
Submitted by K7ATN on
Gales Peak is probably on the "not recommended" list for activations near Portland. Although access is possible, you are not allowed to do it with a motor vehicle, making the six mile round-trip on a logging road fairly unattractive. Note that…
Summit: W7O/CN-032
Submitted by K7ATN on
Tom, Dick & Harry Mountain is a nice late season snowshoe near Mount Hood. It's about 4 miles one-way and 1850 feet of gain to bag this four-point summit with iconic views of Mount Hood. It's a bit of work with some route-finding on snowshoes,…
Summit: W7W/LC-101
Submitted by KK7DS on
Taylor (K7TAY) and I went back to the Northern Columbia River Gorge area for yet another four-point summit in Southern Washington today. The weather was forecast for 70F in the valleys and clear skies; we were not disappointed.We followed the…
Summit: W7O/CE-176
Submitted by KG7AV on
UPDATE: There may be No Trespassing signs on this approach now. Re Horse Ridge Initial Activation 23 Feb 2014.Ray KG7AV, Max KF7MAXEasiest approach is Hwy 20 east from Bend. Proceed approx 30m to Horse Ridge grade.
1. Just after the summit…
Summit: W7W/KG-122
Submitted by K7MAS on
On a quck training hike for our Switzerland Hiking / Climbing tour next July / August, I carried along my trusty ICOM - IC - V85 2M HT because it has an output of 7 Watts. Together with my old AEA "Hot Rod" telescoping vertical antenna for 2M…
Summit: W7W/LC-001
Submitted by K7ATN on
A very long day to get ten points - the usual for the Northwest. Here in Oregon and Washington, we can't do several drive up ten pointers in one day - it might take 12 hours of hiking just to get to one ten-point summit and back down again.We left…
Summit: W7W/LC-103
Submitted by KF7PXT on
Check out my blog at http://kf7pxt.blogspot.com/2014/03/larch-mountain-w7wlc-103-sota.html for additional information.Here is my everytrail post with downloadable GPX tracks - http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=2713566