Having approached this area from both the West and the East, I strongly suggest that you get here from the East, by driving through Carson and driving up the 42 road to where it meets with the 53 road. The route from the West is technically shorter if you're coming from the Portland area, but unless you live in Battle Ground, it's not worth it. The roads from that direction are just too bumpy and grown over. It takes longer and it beats up your vehicle.
There is a wide spot in the road right at the toe of this summit in the best spot to start bushwhacking. It's only .3 miles of bushwhacking through thick, young trees with lots of dry, pokey lower branches that will make you seriously contemplate whether or not you should wear safety glasses. There are a bunch of benches cut into the hillside that I assume must have something to do with a reforestation experiment or something. It's kind of interesting. There is forest growing on those steps, so I guess it's working?
Anyhow, the brush is thick but not impenetrable and the slope isn't too steep if you head up from the obvious gian wide spot right at the base of the best aspect for approaching this summit. Seriously, this couldn't be any easier if the Forest Service was trying to be accommodating.
There are mostly filtered views from the summit and plenty of trees to hang a wire from or lean your mast against and more than enough room for a 67 foot wire with minimal vegatation on the ground for your wire to get caught up in.
