Summits on the Air U.S.A. (W7W) Association Reference Manual (ARM) Document Reference S39.1 Issue number 2.0 Date of issue 01-Dec-2016 Participation start date 01-July-2009 Authorised Date 08-Jul-2009 obo SOTA Management Team Association Manager Darryl Holman, WW7D, [email protected] Summits-on-the-Air an original concept by G3WGV and developed with G3CWI Notice “Summits on the Air” SOTA and the SOTA logo are trademarks of the Programme. This document is copyright of the Programme. All other trademarks and copyrights referenced herein are acknowledged. Summits on the Air – ARM for USA W7W-Washington Table of contents Change Control ................................................................................................................... 4 Disclaimer ........................................................................................................................... 5 Copyright Notices ............................................................................................................... 5 1.0 Association Reference Data .......................................................................................... 6 2.1 Program Derivation ....................................................................................................... 7 2.2 General Information ...................................................................................................... 7 2.3 Final Access, Activation Zone, and Operating Location Explained ............................. 8 2.4 Rights of Way and Access Issues ................................................................................. 8 2.5 Maps and Navigation .................................................................................................. 10 2.6 Safety Considerations ................................................................................................. 10 2.7 Fines for your own Rescue ......................................................................................... 11 2.8 Environmental Considerations .................................................................................... 11 2.9 Awards ........................................................................................................................ 11 2.10 Process to Maintain Summit Lists ............................................................................ 12 3.0 Summit Reference Data .............................................................................................. 13 3.1 History of W7W Summit Listings and Regions ..................................................... 13 3.2 Region Reference—Chelan (W7W/CH-xxx) ......................................................... 15 3.2.1 Regional Notes ................................................................................................. 15 3.2.2 Table of Summits ............................................................................................. 15 3.3 Region Reference — Central Washington (W7W/CD-xxx) .................................. 25 3.3.1 Regional Notes ................................................................................................. 25 3.3.2 Table of Summits ............................................................................................. 25 3.4 Region Reference— Ferry (W7W/FR-xxx) ............................................................ 30 3.4.1 Regional Notes ................................................................................................. 30 3.4.2 Table of Summits ............................................................................................. 30 3.5 Region Reference— King (W7W/ KG-xxx) .......................................................... 36 3.5.1 Regional Notes ................................................................................................. 36 3.5.2 Table of Summits ............................................................................................. 36 3.6 Region Reference— Lower Columbia (W7W/LC-xxx) ......................................... 42 3.6.1 Regional Notes ................................................................................................. 42 3.6.2 Table of Summits ............................................................................................. 42 3.7 Region Reference— Middle Columbia (W7W/MC -xxx) ...................................... 49 3.7.1 Regional Notes ................................................................................................. 49 Document S39.1 Revision 2.0 (1 Dec 2016) Page 2 of 128 Summits on the Air – ARM for USA W7W-Washington 3.7.2 Table of Summits ............................................................................................. 49 3.8 Region Reference— Northern Olympics (W7W/NO-xxx) .................................... 54 3.8.1 Regional Notes ................................................................................................. 54 3.8.2 Table of Summits ............................................................................................. 54 3.9 Region Reference— Okanogan (W7W/OK-xxx) ................................................... 54 3.9.1 Regional Notes ................................................................................................. 64 3.9.2 Table of Summits ............................................................................................. 64 3.10 Region Reference— Pacific-Lewis (W7W/PL -xxx) ........................................... 77 3.10.1 Regional Notes ............................................................................................... 77 3.10.2 Table of Summits ........................................................................................... 77 3.11 Region Reference— Pend Oreille (W7W/PO-xxx) .................................................. 84 3.11.1 Regional Notes ............................................................................................... 84 3.11.2 Table of Summits ........................................................................................... 84 3.12 Region Reference— Rainier-Salish (W7W/RS-xxx) ............................................... 88 3.12.1 Regional Notes ............................................................................................... 88 3.12.2 Table of Summits ........................................................................................... 89 3.13 Region Reference— Skagit (W7W/SK-xxx) ............................................................ 93 3.13.1 Regional Notes ............................................................................................... 93 3.13.2 Table of Summits ........................................................................................... 93 3.14 Region Reference— Snohomish (W7W/SN-xxx) .................................................. 100 3.14.1 Regional Notes ............................................................................................. 100 3.14.2 Table of Summits ......................................................................................... 100 3.15 Region Reference— Southern Olympics (W7W/SO-xxx) ..................................... 107 3.15.1 Regional Notes ............................................................................................. 107 3.15.2 Table of Summits ......................................................................................... 107 3.16 Region Reference— Stevens (W7W/ST-xxx) ........................................................ 112 3.16.1 Regional Notes ............................................................................................. 112 3.16.2 Table of Summits ......................................................................................... 112 3.17 Region Reference— Washington East (W7W/WE-xxx) .................................... 118 3.17.1 Regional Notes ............................................................................................. 118 3.17.2 Table of Summits ......................................................................................... 118 3.18 Region Reference— Whatcom (W7W/WH-xxx) ............................................... 121 3.18.1 Regional Notes ............................................................................................. 121 3.18.2 Table of Summits ......................................................................................... 121 Document S39.1 Revision 2.0 (1 Dec 2016) Page 3 of 128 Summits on the Air – ARM for USA W7W-Washington Change Control Date Ver. Details By 01-Dec-2016 2.0 2016 update for Final Access and P150m changes. WW7D, Darryl Prominence criteria changed from 500ft to 492ft Holman, N7UN, (150m) Guy Hamblen Activation zone reduced from 30 to 25 vertical meters and Richard Winter Bonus period extended to 31 March Jones, N2GBR Summit Deletions = 41 Net Summit Additions = 138 Darryl Holman, WW7D, appointed new AM USGS Number Names added to N7RR Vanity Names WW7D Local Names replaced N7RR Vanity Names Quote marks removed from Summit Names USGS names, elevations, and Lat/Longs corrected per Nov 2015 ListofJohn update Region Changes/Updates: CH-Chelan: 4 name and 2 elevation corrections CW-Central WA: Lat/Longs corrected on CW-019 and CW-027 KG-King: New name for KG-053 LC-Lower Columbia: New name and elevation corrected for LC-114 MC-Middle Columbia: Latitude corrected for MC-039 and MC-055; name change MC-029; number deletions and additions NO-Northern Olympics: 7 New Names; 6 deletions OK-Okanogan: Name change on OK-320