My wife and I were itching to get out of the house, so I suggested a day trip up to Frazier to check out some of the easy summits in the area. At the time, there was a heat wave throughout Southern California, so I wasn’t in the mood to do much hiking! We started out by heading up to Frazier Mountain, W6/CC-003, a drive up. The first half of the road was paved, but after a few miles the road splits at a campground and turns to dirt. I attempted to pilot my Fiat 500 carefully down the dirt, but quickly found this wasn’t the best idea with minimal ground clearance and low profile tires. We turned around and headed to Mt. Pinos. Getting there is easy on the paved road, which ends at a large parking area at several trail heads. The hike up is beautiful, through a tree canopy which eventually opens up to meadows of wildflowers. Made several contacts on 20, 40 and 2 meters, including three summit 2 summits.

https://sotl.as/summits/W6/CC-002

Download file: MtPinos.GPX

Date:14/08/2020 | Summit:W6/CC-002 (Mount Pinos)

Time	Callsign	Band	Mode	Notes
20:08	KC9TZM	144MHz	FM	59 59 – Trucker
20:21	KA7GPP	14MHz	SSB	52 52 S2S W7W/CH-223
20:24	WW7D	14MHz	SSB	59 55
20:26	W0MNA	14MHz	SSB	45 44
20:27	W0ERI	14MHz	SSB	45 44
20:30	W6PZA	14MHz	SSB	45 33 S2S W70/CE-059
20:34	NS7P	14MHz	SSB	55 55
20:42	N6DNM	7MHz	SSB	55 55
20:43	K6EL	7MHz	SSB	56 55 S2S W6/NC-298
20:45	AG7TX	7MHz	SSB	55 56
20:46	K6HPX	7MHz	SSB	59 51
20:49	K6LDQ	7MHz	SSB	33 33