I moved to Central Oregon from Western Colorado last month. I got into SOTA in Colorado and decided to to dust off my radio and see the hills in Oregon.
I chose Juniper Butte because it is close to my home and close to Haystack Butte. I was going to try for a double.
I climbed Juniper Butte from the south off of Monroe Lane. There is an unmarked road with just a gate and a sign saying to keep the gate closed. The road is decent but could be really muddy or messy in the snow because there is no gravel on it. The road goes due north towards the butte and then turns west along a fence and ends at a large cattle water trough. From there it was about a mile to the top. It is shorter if you went straight up but I chose to make switchbacks of my own, there is no trail that I am aware of.
I made 10 contacts on 20m and packed up for my next hill.
I won't go into details about Haystack Butte because I was unable to make any contacts. Not sure what the problem was, maybe nobody was on the air?
I had a good day and look forward to exploring Oregon.