Extremely Good Views from top

WA7OOO and I did the first SOTA activation of Sperry Peak as part of a loop that included Vesper Peak, starting from the Sunrise Mine Trailhead. We arrived at the trailhead at about 7:30am on a Saturday morning in mid-August, and found it completely full already (the last few miles of the road has some big potholes, but we saw small sedans parked at the trailhead). We found parking about 0.4 mile back down the road in a spacious pull-out area. A National Forest Recreation Pass is required, there is no kiosk or cell signal at the trailhead, so it's not possible to buy a day pass there.

Approxamatly 1 1/2 hours out of Boise. Reasonably passable roads. (all wheel drive Volvo XC-90).

BC-074 is first on the ridge line and has a nice open summit. Good views down into Pionneerville to the North and Horse Shoe bend to the South. Walk up to the summit is about a 1/3 of a mile and not to bad. I used a large pine tree to hang my antenna from but there is also a pole on the summit; however it does not have a halyard.

Access to Saturday Rock summit is via NF-42 which begins at Sunset Campground at the end of NE Sunset Falls Road.  The road is well graded, though peppered with its fair share of chuck holes. Follow NF-42 for  approximately 9.4 miles to the intersection with NF-53.  Continue on NF-53 for another 2.4 miles to the intersection of NF-53 and NF-38. Plenty of room to park at the intersection off the main roads.

Trail starts at the east end of the Johnston Ridge Visitors Center parking lot. Need a USFS permit to park there. Trail is good most of the way and there is information on the hike here. You can actually see the peak from the trailhead and the majority of the trail is out in the open so make sure you bring sunscreen. Bring plenty of water as there is none along the trail. The hardest part is the last 3/4 mile which is steep climbing with switchbacks. Ran into lots of people along the trail but only 3-4 back towards the peak.

Mt Defiance W7W/KG-043 July 19, 2013

Mt Defiance is one of the peaks along the I-90 Highway about 5 miles west of SnoqualmiePass.  Washington Trails Assn’s hike info here:
  

http://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/mount-defiance