This is the fourth summit I activated with my Dad while visiting Lemolo Lake KOA.
From the KOA, we drove across the dam on NF-2610 and right onto NF-2612. Then left onto NF-700 and again left onto NF-920.
This was another summit I activated with my Dad while staying at Lemolo Lake KOA.
NOTE: This one has a final section that could be hazardous to your vehicle's paint job. The last segment after the turn off is a bit overgrown.
To start with we turned off NF-2610 from the KOA and went up NF-200 until the unnamed logging road at (43.298183, -122.229812) and continued west on to the spur road.
NOTE: did I mention how many mosquitos this summit has?
I worked this summit with my Dad while staying at Lemolo Lake KOA.
The climb is very straightforward but I would bring a bug screen as they were alerted to our presence and followed us up the whole way. Once we killed off all the brave ones and we cooled off, it settled down to a reasonable experience.
This one-point summit is likely not worth the time driving 40 minutes RT on forest roads. In fact, the roads in this area are quite convoluted - I found it best to navigate using GPS with turn-by-turn directions. You may end up bushwacking through a tangle of coastal brush...or get lucky and find a way to the path visible on sattelite images that I found after the fact. Any "hike" might be less than 0.10 mile and several hundred feet of gain.
Cady Mountain, W7W/RS-084 has been on my radar for a while. My wife's family owns a home in Friday Harbor so I have always wanted to activate this summit. I was bummed by ATN's report that it would be difficult to activate from the south side because of private property, so I did not think I could. I arrived here on Saturday and I started looking at GAIA GPS. I could see there was public property owned by the San Juan County Land Bank to the north of the summit that was still in the AZ. I could see a hiking trail just below it. I decided to give it a try.
This summit is accessed from Highway 20 in the Island Park area whether coming from the north or the south. The road west you take is marked as Antelope Flats Road and has a large historical marker at the entrance. This is a dirt/gravel road.
This summit is located 6 miles East of Lava Hot Springs, Idaho. Take Highway 30 East towards Fish Creek Summit and turn South approximately 1 mile from Lava Hot Springs onto Baldy Mtn Road. Stay on the main paved road which heads South and the turns into gravel/dirt road. Watch for a sign on your left that says State access 1.5 miles. You will come to a junction near 42.547° -111.900°.
NC-075 is an unremarkable peak in the Tillamook State Forest. Easy enough to accomplish if you happen to be nearby or in a completionist mood.
Access appears to be available from the west at the coast near Wheeler, but I routed from the east near Triangulation NC-005.
FS6801 Rd is not obscure to find and clear of windfall until about 1 mi. in. Directions to FS6801 are available by other blog entries. Going east on FS60, if you get to the PCT, you've gone too far.
From where I parked (see map below), it was a 2.75 mi road hike. Even if the windfall logs (4 of them) were cleared, the maple, alder, and doug fir are growing into the road space, meaning a few scratches on vehicles. The road ends at a turn-around location with great views of Mt. Hood to the south. There was a 1000 ft elev gain for this track.
