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Haystack Butte – W7O/CE-221
This was the last of the SOTA Summits located inside of the Crooked River National Grasslands that I needed to get in order to call them all done. N7OLE, the SOTA dogs and I decided to take it on as part of the 3rd Annual Central Oregon Summit to Summit party. Since the summits had…
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Activation Report: Maury Mountains 5 Summits | W7O/CE-081, W7O/CE-084, W7O/CE-101, W7O/CE-265, W7O/CE-274
The Maury Mountains are a mountain range in Crook County, OR. Much of the range is within the Ochoco National Forest. Located Approximately 50 miles East of Bend, OR. There are 5 SOTA Summits within the bounds of the Maury, 3 6 pointers and 2 4 pointers. All 5 are nearly, if not complete drive ups, making it possible…
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Activation Report: W7O/CE-278
This summit, 5580, is located in the Ochoco National Forest approximately 30 miles east of Prineville, OR. It has been activated regularly since 2018 as it was easily accessible via an old logging track. Sometime in the relatively recent past the forest service closed the logging road, requiring a less direct approach via FS 300.…
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First Activation: W7O/SE-028 | Riddle Mountain, OR | May 2024
This is the second, first activation of the day as Randi – N7OLE and I rode our Kawasaki dual sport motorcycles during the 13th Annual Giant Loop ride the weekend of May 29-June 1, 2024. The day started on Stinkingwater Pass with the first activation of W7o/SE-051, Crowcamp Mountain. After finishing our delicious hamburgers at…
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First Activation: W7O/SE-051 | Crowcamp Mountain, OR
N7OLE and I attended the Giant Loop Ride at Crystal Crane Hot Spring near Crane, OR at the end of May, 2024. Being a fairly unpopulated part of the state, there are ample opportunities to grab some first activations so we took advantage. As it turned out, one of the routes that is suggested by…
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Activation Report: W7O/CE-112 – Spence Mountain by mountain bike | May 2024
The Spence Mountain trail system has been in development for the past few years on private land that was purchased by a land trust to guarantee ongoing public access. Dirt Mechanics of Bend, OR was contracted to develop over 50 miles of single track trails on the property. There are 3 SOTA summits in the…
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Activation Report: W7o/CM-123 @ Willamette Pass Ski Area | April 2023
N7KOM, N7OLE and I have been wanting to get a ski activation in all winter but our stars were not aligned. We attempted W7O/CM-005 a couple weeks earlier and managed to get through the turnstiles on the Summit Express lift when its came to a sudden stop and the lifties started turning everyone out. So…
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Ski Shelters on the Air – #1 Nordeen
The past couple of months have not been very radioactive. The weather in the Pacific Northwest has been … unusual this winter. We had an unseasonably dry and warm early winter followed by a vicious cold snap and a heck of a snow storm making getting outside difficult. However, this week the temperatures rose into…
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Activation Report: W7O/CE-208 – Pine Ridge, OR | October 2023
I have a goal of activating all the summits in the Crooked River National Grassland before the end of 2023. The journey started back in January with Juniper Butte [W7O/CE-223] on the Western edge of the Grassland. In March, Tim-N7KOM and I hit Gray Butte [W7O/CE-180] and Sister’s View [W7O/CE-303] on a blustery spring day…
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Activation Report: W7O/CS-038 – Wizard Island, OR | September 2023
Wizard Island is a volcanic cinder cone which forms an island at the west end of Crater Lake in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. The top of the island reaches 6,933 feet (2,113 m) above sea level, about 755 feet (230 m) above the average surface of the lake. The cone is capped by a volcanic crater about 500 feet (150 m) wide and 100 feet (30 m) deep.…
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