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Four summits accessed via Klickitat Trail #7:

This summit is best accessed via FR 4610, running east from the La Dee Flat OHV area. A high clearance vehicle with all-terrain tires is recommended, as the road is quite rocky and subject to rock slides and debris from steep hillsides.

This summit is best accessed via FR 4610, running east from the La Dee Flat OHV area. A high clearance vehicle with all-terrain tires is recommended, as the road is quite rocky and subject to rock slides and debris from steep hillsides.

Start on the game trail just east of the turnout at 45.21254, -121.98528, and follow the ridge to the top. It's a fairly easy bushwhack, with a steady climb of 423' over 0.75 miles.

Green Mountain can be accessed by trail 110 (open to OHV and bicycles) from the west or southeast, or by bushwhacking from a spur off Spring Creek Road, SE of Orr Creek Sno-Park. The spur is narrowed by overgrown brush and trees, and the last 500' are deeply rutted, requiring a high-clearance vehicle. Deadfall across the road is likely, as this road seems mostly unused. There's a nice place to camp with a stone fire ring off a righthand spur toward the end of the road. 

• FS 60 will get you within 1 mile of the summit. The 1412 spur can be used to get 0.17 miles closer, but after that it has 2-3 foot berms that can only be passed by foot or vehicles with high clearance. The PCT can be used from FS 60 for 0.75 miles to get to a good start for bushwhacking. The northeast side of the butte has the most gradual slope to the summit, and offers easy bushwacking with thin trees and sparse undergrowth.

• Two options for bushwhacking: north or south. Both options are serviced by well-maintained FS roads. The south side is a bit shorter, with 100 feet less of elevation gain, and satellite imagery shows significantly thinner vegetation.

• FS 2154-236 will get you 0.25 miles from the main north ridgeline that leads to the summit. Parking is available on the corner of the road. Nearby is an austere helipad, which should be avoided.
• An easy short bushwhack along the north ridge leads to an old trail to the summit, with 262 feet of elevation gain.
• Summit consists of a narrow rocky spine with steep dropoffs on two sides.
  

• Timpanogas road will get you 1.6 miles from the main east rideline that leads to the summit.

• FS 2154 offers good parking 0.36 miles east of the summit (spur 175 is closed). The roads from the north, off FS 21, were generally well-maintained with many options for rerouting. A two-wheel drive vehicle would likely have no issue in dry conditions.
• Moderate bushwhack to summit along the east ridge with 462 ft of elevation gain.
• Mosquitos are intense—head net strongly advised. 
• Summit consists of a rocky spine with one tree for shade.
  

• FS roads may get you within 0.16 miles of summit, but could be blocked by down trees. The roads from the north, off FS 21, were generally well-maintained with many options for rerouting.