An easy two-pointer in SW Washington that is pretty close to Portland with pavement all the way to the gates where you start your short hike. The weather for this activation was chilly but dry. The directions below will get you there from Interstate 5 although directions from Exit 30/Kalama might be a bit easier to follow.

Exit 27 toward Todd Rd/Port of Kalama 0.3 mi

Turn right onto Robb Rd 157 ft

1st left onto Old Pacific Hwy S 0.8 mi

Take the 2nd right onto Vincent Rd 0.2 mi

Turn left onto Cloverdale Rd 0.5 mi

Take the 1st right onto Gore Rd 1.0 mi

Slight right onto China Garden Rd 2.6 mi

The red circle in the photo below shows the end of China Garden Rd where there are two gates, a blue one and a yellow one. It's only 0.3 mile hike to the "near" site behind the yellow gate and 0.6 miles to the "far" site if you head down the road behind the blue gate (both repeater sites are within the activation zone). The first is not the prettiest summit and even in great weather I don't think there would be views from there. There's quite the briar patch separating the two sites, so if you want the "true" summit use the blue gated road.

I didn't experience any QRM from the equipment. Twenty-three chasers found me starting on 17M CW, moving to 20M SSB for a bit, and taking care of the locals with some 30M CW at the end.