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Summit: W7W/MC-100
Submitted by K7FOP on
Lakeside Ridge is an easy to get to summit with a nice hike of about 1.5 miles one way on a dirt road. It offers plenty of space and plenty of small trees to lean a mast against or string an antenna on. It's a pretty nice place for an…
Summit: W7I/LE-152
Submitted by K7VK on
This is a burned-over flat-summit on the Idaho/Montana Border. Access is via an obscure 4x4 road that takes off to the north from FS#038. Along this road after several hundred feet is a flatten area used as a dispersed campsite most…
Summit: W7I/LE-150
Submitted by K7VK on
Blue Nose is a US Forest Service Lookout built in 1934. The structure still exists. From the summit are good views of the steep slopes of the Salmon River Canyon and high summits of the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness. The…
Summit: W7O/SC-242
Submitted by AG7GP on
UPDATE: last trip I walked the bermed road. A bit longer but much easier and safer. Tracks on sotamap. This was one of three summits outside of the town of Rogue River I did in a day. Decent road going up to trail and large pit, shooting…
Summit: W7O/SC-229
Submitted by AG7GP on
UPDATE: 2025 I found a bit easier trek up, still steep and unstable ground but the take off from the road up the bank is easier. They just logged so there is a clearing up to the BLM line. New track loaded on maps. This was #2…
Summit: W7O/SC-228
Submitted by AG7GP on
This was #3 of 3 outside of the town of Rogue River I did on a day trip. This was quite a climb but not as bad as the one prior (W7O/SC-229). The hill is steep with no trail other than by wildlife but there is quite a bit of open, grassy, pine…
Summit: W7O/CE-009
Submitted by K7ATN on
This is a straightforward drive-up activation about an hour south of Bend with great views. Paulina Peak and North Paulina Peak are both in the Newberry National…
Summit: W7O/CE-304
Submitted by K7MAS on
Between October 21 and October 30, 2020, we visited the Sunriver / Bend areas of Oregon. The cold but clear weather allowed us to Activate 8 SOTA summits in 6 outings. This report is one of a series, and deals with the Activation of…
Summit: W7O/WV-046
Submitted by K7WXW on
Short Version - Wildcat Mountain is only an hour from Portland. You can drive to the trailhead and the two-ish mile hike along a well-maintained, if not well-marked, trail gets you to a small clearing on a summit with wire-ready…
Summit: W7W/LC-134
Submitted by K7ATN on
Bunker Hill is a nicely accessible summit a few miles north of Carson, Washington. The trailhead is an easy drive, and the hike is about 3.6 miles roundtrip and 1300 feet of gain. Note that little of the gain is on the first mile or so of the hike…