1.3 miles, +1,083 ft

Driving Directions

Turn east off highway 89 at Kings Hill just north of the Kings Hill Cabin.  Stay to the right and follow the road south as it bends past the cabin.  The road climbs up Kings Hill and bends to the east for about 1-mile.  Turn left at the trail junction and follow FS-251 for 8.2-miles as it heads north along the crest of the ridge to the junction with FS-3300.  Turn left (north) on FS-3300 and follow it 3.7-miles to the trailhead.

Hiking Directions

Pine Ridge is an easy to moderate hike along a double track and easy bush wacking. Any passenger car should be able to navigate to the place we parked and many would likely have no trouble driving further up the 2 track if desired. We had plenty of activity on 2M and I wouldn't expect any trouble activating 2M only. The views of the Grasslands and Central Oregon Cascades are fantastic and the solitude is remarkable for the ease of access.

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Approach is the same as http://www.pnwsota.org/blog/kf7sey/2023-september-29/green-mountain-or-march-2022

continue down the road 1.5 miles turn left here: (44.76156350370385, -123.6659815609456) continue to summit.

Start at Green Mountain Rd off of Logsden Rd.  44.687697924471465, -123.62803059856984

Start at Green Mountain Rd off of Logsden Rd.  44.687697924471465, -123.62803059856984

Follow this road for 7 miles to: (44.756485187050004, -123.64030749612313) park here to start your hike.

This summit is best accessed via FR 4610, running east from the La Dee Flat OHV area. A high clearance vehicle with all-terrain tires is recommended, as the road is quite rocky and subject to rock slides and debris from steep hillsides. Note: as of this writing, there a section of 4610 that has been severely washed out, and may be impassable by anything but a 4x4 designed for off-road travel (45.21130, -121.95542). 

This summit is best accessed via FR 4610, running east from the La Dee Flat OHV area. A high clearance vehicle with all-terrain tires is recommended, as the road is quite rocky and subject to rock slides and debris from steep hillsides.

Start on the game trail just east of the turnout at 45.21254, -121.98528, and follow the ridge to the top. It's a fairly easy bushwhack, with a steady climb of 423' over 0.75 miles.

The narrow summit was just barely long and open enough for my 67' EFHW. Nice view of Mt. Hood to the NE. 

This Nevada peak was first activated on 29 November 2021 by KJ7WGM along with Hanks Peak. This is a very straight forward ½-mile hike with only 287 feet of elevation gain.  Follow the ridge line from where you park and head to a false summit.  You can walk over the summit or skirt around it on the south (recommended). The summit is very rocky and today was extremely windy.  I was able to find a rock outcropping that protected me from the wind on the NW side of the summit. There is an old fence post to attach an antenna mast to.

This is one of those activations that I will most likely not repeat! The peak was first activated on 29 November 2021 by KJ7WGM along with China Mountain. The hike is a bushwhack of only .35 miles, but with 627 feet of elevation gain, half of which is through a boulder field and thick brush. The last portion is climbing up a rock/boulder wall.  It is easy enough to find a way up, but it is not what I would call easy.  The summit has 360-degree views of the north Great Basin vast emptiness.

Green Mountain can be accessed by trail 110 (open to OHV and bicycles) from the west or southeast, or by bushwhacking from a spur off Spring Creek Road, SE of Orr Creek Sno-Park. The spur is narrowed by overgrown brush and trees, and the last 500' are deeply rutted, requiring a high-clearance vehicle. Deadfall across the road is likely, as this road seems mostly unused. There's a nice place to camp with a stone fire ring off a righthand spur toward the end of the road.