W6/CT-027 – Condor Peak

This is a pretty long hike for 4 SOTA points, but since the Lowel Life crew rebuilt the Condor Peak Trail, Esther and I wanted to check it out. Most of the trail felt pretty flat (it’s not), with multiple switchbacks and a waterfall. The last mile or so was a bit more difficult but that might have just been me being fatigued. Getting to the actual summit required some scrambling, but nothing too bad. At the top I worked 40M and 30M, then hopped on 2M to work local chasers. Worried about running out of daylight, we headed back down after about an hour. I hoped to activate Fox Benchmark on this same trip, but there just wasn’t enough time. By the time we got back to the car it was dark. Perfect timing.

https://sotl.as/summits/W6/CT-027

Total distance: 14.89 mi
Max elevation: 5533 ft
Total climbing: 4527 ft
Total time: 08:28:40
Download file: Condor_AG6N.GPX

Date:18/11/2022 | Summit:W6/CT-027 (Condor Peak

TimeCallsignBandModeNotes
21:05NT6E144MHzFMS59 R59
21:07KI6SLA144MHzFMS59 R59
21:08WA6WV144MHzFMS59 R59
21:22W7RV7MHzCWS57N R56N
21:23K7EA7MHzCWS51N R33N
21:24W6DER7MHzCWS51N R51N
21:25N6AN7MHzCWS44N R33N
21:27K7NEW7MHzCWS42N R33N
21:28KR7RK7MHzCWS56N R55N
21:29K7UOU7MHzCWS42N R599
21:30K3GX7MHzCWS57N R57N
21:31WB6POT7MHzCWS57N R58N
21:37KG6MZS144MHzFMS59 R9
21:40K6EL10MHzCWS41N R55N S2S W6/NC-432
21:41WW7D10MHzCWS51N R51N
21:41NA6MG10MHzCWS56N R51N
21:42N7EDK10MHzCWS44N R55N
21:43NQ7R10MHzCWS57N R599
21:46KX0Y10MHzCWS56N R44N
21:49N6JZT144MHzFMS59 R44

W6/CT-064 – East Twin Peaks

I hiked this in December 2022 with Esther and 4 months later at the time of this writing I’ve forgotten most of the details of the activation, as such, no real report. I do recall rain in the forecast, however there was just heavy fog which made scorched trees from the Bobcat fire look eerie.. Overall, there is a bunch of elevation gain on this hike which made it challenging. We looped back through Mt. Waterman where I activated at 23:50 and 00:01 to give local chasers on FM points. Photos and .gpx below.

https://sotl.as/summits/W6/CT-064

Total distance: 11.82 mi
Max elevation: 8083 ft
Total climbing: 4132 ft
Total time: 08:24:02
Download file: EastTwinPeaks_AG6N.GPX

Date:01/12/2022 | Summit:W6/CT-064 (East Twin Peaks)

TimeCallsignBandModeNotes
20:16KN6RDC7MHzCWS57N R599
20:17NT6E7MHzCWS5NN R55N
20:18NW7E7MHzCWS33N R53N
20:18KF6HI7MHzCWS55N R53N
20:19KX6I7MHzCWS57N R5NN S2S W6/SC-335
20:21W7RV7MHzCWS58N R55N
20:22W7DLZ7MHzCWS57N R51N
20:23N6PKT7MHzCWS55N R55N
20:24K6CPR7MHzCWS57N R55N
20:24KE6MT7MHzCWS56N R54N
20:25N7CW7MHzCWS56N R57N
20:26KI6PMD7MHzCWS599 R599
20:27AF7M7MHzCWS52N R55N
20:28W6LOR7MHzCWS599 R599
20:29K6EL7MHzCWS33N R52N
20:30K6QCB7MHzCWS53N R55N
20:42NE7ET14MHzCWS45N R599
20:43WW7D14MHzCWS55N R54N
20:44KC4CR14MHzCWS45N R53N
20:48W9MRH14MHzCWS22N R33N
20:50KG7KKE14MHzCWS44N R5NN
20:50N7EDK14MHzCWS33N R55N
21:02KI6SLA144MHzFMS59 R59
21:04KG6MZS144MHzFMS58 R56
21:05WA6WV144MHzFMS59 R59