Just a short note about driving up to Lookout Mountain outside of Carson WA, summit ID W7W/LC-066. I went up with my VW Tiguan which is AWD and has a little ground clearance and it didnt have any trouble in that regard. However, I would strongly advise NOT going up to this summit with passenger car highway tires. I have heavier duty tires on my Tiguan because I am frequently off the pavement. There are lots of sharp looking rocks in areas of the last several miles of this trip. Probably the last 3 or 4 miles is very narrow and few if any good places to turn around if you change your mind. Take your time and watch for sharp rocks. This would be a terrible place to blow a tire.
Pretty smokey up there today but still a great sweeping view of St Helens, Adams, and Rainier to the north and Hood to the south. I only had one visiter - Larry the SOTA lizard - picture below. He hung around my feet for the last hour. I offered the paddles but he wasnt very interested.
73
Joe
WB7VTY
