Good Parking At Trailhead

This summit is a horrible bushwhack, and like many of the summits in this part of the Gifford Pinchot, it's barely worth the points considering the effort it takes to climb it. It's steep and brushy and about the only nice thing I can say about it is there's no devil's club to contend with. You would think, upon finally obtaining the activation zone, that the return trip would be easier, but it is not. It's worse because you can't see where you're putting your feet. 

Moderate bushwhack with almost 500ft of gain over 0.6 miles. It might be light bushwhack if you pick the right path, as I found the way down easier through more open forest when one could see it. There is *almost* a view peaking through the trees at the top. Enough space for an activator on the true summit, but multiple could potentially spread out a bit off to the side still in the AZ. 

Here is a shortcut to Big Huckleberry relative to that described here: http://www.pnwsota.org/node/371

4460 (2-point summit) is one of a cluster of summits south of Oakridge, OR in the Willamette National Forest. This summit is a short bushwhack/hike off of an "OK" road, but route selection to the top will likely affect your enjoyment. It can be combined with Holland Point and Timbered Knoll pretty easily in a single day.

Twin Lakes Mountain is a 4-point summit located in the Umpqua National Forest. It can be reached from Hwy. 138, approximately 58 miles east of Roseburg, OR. From there, 9 miles of forest road yields a 2.6 mile hike (each way) on well maintained trail, with views of Diamond Peak, Twin Lakes and other local features. This would be a good stop on the way to Diamond Lake and environs. This summit is close to Illahee Rock, which is on the north side of 138. Combining the two wouldn't be too much trouble.

Access to Wocus and Little Wocus are off of Kirk Road. I drove from Yamsay Mtn so was driving SW on Kirk to make a loop. For Wocus, turn off of Kirk at 42.805317, -121.688200.  For my activation I found an abandoned forest road that was hikable. I parked at 42.812600, -121.681117.  See image below.

4.4 Miles; +2,056 ft; -235 ft; On-Trail

Description

This is a pleasant on-trail hike with a gentle grade.  The final mile of the ascent is extremely scenic.  There is plenty of room for antennas within the activation zone.

There was a fire lookout camp on the summit (c.a. 1941).  Some of the heavy 9-gauge galvanized telephone wire is still present near the summit.

Trailhead Access

Beginning at the Skyland USFS-569 junction with Hwy-2 (1.8 miles west of the Marias Pass Summit):

Getting there: The road to the top is decent gravel and readily passable in a Subaru. There are some sections of big ruts and large loose rocks, so I'm not sure I'd want to attempt this with low clearance or only 2 wheel drive. It's a drive-up with good clearance and/or bravery, but otherwise it's a 1/3 mile walk up the rest of the road to the top from the obvious camping area.  

There is no bushwhacking required.

There are plenty of trees to hang a wire from. 

There is plenty of room for a 67 foot wire. 

This is the Elk Mountain east of Gray's River, WA, just off WA Highway 4.

Turn off is exactly at mile marker 22 on WA 4; turn south onto a broken asphalt road and in about 1/4 mile you come to the Hancock Forest Management gate.  There is nothing prohibiting non-vehicular entry--just no camping and no campfires. Plenty of parking near the gate.

Chapeau to WJ7V, Jeff for discovering and documenting this trail.  A couple notes on activating this summit via Mountain Bike.

- The road surface has some sections with quite large (3-4") gravel which makes traction quite challenging. 

- There are some hike-a-bike sections, but overall a fun biketavation