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This summit was my last one on a recent trip to Willamette National Forest.

It came about after all the other summits I had selected north of the Santiam Hwy were closed due to recent fire damage.

NOTE: this summit is also closed Aug '24 due to recent fire damage.

NOTE: this whole area north of Santiam Hwy is closed due to fire damage.  The McCoy Creek Rd is closed.

This includes:

Timber Butte W7O/CN-030

Outerson Mountain W7O/CN-026

Triangulation Peak W7O/CN-019

5251 W7O/CN-080

Woodpecker Hill W7O/CN-037

NOTE: this whole area north of Santiam Hwy is closed due to fire damage.  The McCoy Creek Rd is closed.

This includes:

Timber Butte W7O/CN-030

Outerson Mountain W7O/CN-026

Triangulation Peak W7O/CN-019

5251 W7O/CN-080

Woodpecker Hill W7O/CN-037

NOTE: this whole area north of Santiam Hwy is closed due to fire damage.  The McCoy Creek Rd is closed.

This includes:

Timber Butte W7O/CN-030

Outerson Mountain W7O/CN-026

Triangulation Peak W7O/CN-019

5251 W7O/CN-080

Woodpecker Hill W7O/CN-037

NOTE: this whole area north of Santiam Hwy is closed due to fire damage.  The McCoy Creek Rd is closed.

This includes:

Timber Butte W7O/CN-030

Outerson Mountain W7O/CN-026

Triangulation Peak W7O/CN-019

5251 W7O/CN-080

Woodpecker Hill W7O/CN-037

NOTE: this whole area north of Santiam Hwy is closed due to fire damage.  Access was closed at Pamelia Rd.

This includes:

Timber Butte W7O/CN-030

Outerson Mountain W7O/CN-026

Triangulation Peak W7O/CN-019

5251 W7O/CN-080

Woodpecker Hill W7O/CN-037

This is a stretch for a PNWSOTA summit report but, if you find yourself in Seoul with a few hours to kill, this could help you navigate.  My son and I were able to activate this summit after doing the normal tourist activities.

Just to add an alternate route if you don't have an Inland Empire Paper permit.

There is a gated access road that starts at the same Blanchard Hump parking area as previously mentioned.

Follow the road upwards which has quite a few switchbacks so the distance uphill is more like 2.75 miles OW.

The road is part of Hancock Timber IX and is posted for non-motorized access only.  Partway up, the land ownership transitions to WA DNR for most of the rest of the way to the top.

This summit is a good pairing with Cedar Mountain (W7I/NP-119), though a bit of a long hike around 8 miles RT for both.