Washington

Spring is in the air!  As the 2020 hiking/SOTA season approaches, I wanted to share information about what is open and what isn't under Governor Inslee's order.   Despite closures of many state, local, and private properties, there are still many SOTA possibilities that are legal under Inslee's order.  That doesn't mean activating is a good idea!  I leave that to you to decide for yourself.  I hope to shed light on what is and isn't accessible, and provide some guidance on permissible activa

A long time ham friend of mine here in Boise, K7MK, introduced me to SOTA last fall. When he told me about it I said I was "All in -- lets do it!" As we await weather appropriate for Activations I have been doing some Chasing as well as studying the summit situation here in pnwSOTA. I am an naturally inquisitive person with an analyatic bent so this was a perfect topic to waste an afternoon on. I looked around for an existing summit data source but could not find one.