W6/CT-273 – Agua Dulce Benchmark

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I had a couple days off work without any real plans, so off to Agua Dulce! I parked just off the 14 and hiked down the obvious dirt road. I continued on the road until it ended at a set of power line pylons, then turned south and headed along the ridge line firebreak. The wind was incredibly strong, and at one point almost knocked me over! One false summit with benchmarks along the way. At the real summit, I found additional benchmarks and a summit register. I was able to setup the station just below the ridge which kept me out of the wind. Worked 30M and 40M, one S2S.

https://sotl.as/summits/W6/CT-273

Total distance: 5.36 mi
Max elevation: 2834 ft
Total climbing: 1687 ft
Total time: 04:14:00
Download file: AguaDulce.gpx

Date:09/02/2022 | Summit:W6/CT-273 (Agua Dulce Benchmark)

TimeCallsignBandModeNotes
21:22WB6POT10MHzCWS57N R55N
21:27WW7D10MHzCWS58N R42N
21:28WB7ULB10MHzCWS55N R52N
21:28K1LB10MHzCWS55N R55N
21:29K6HPX10MHzCWS55N R5NN
21:29NW7E10MHzCWS55N R55N
21:30K7MK10MHzCWS58N R55N
21:31KF6HI10MHzCWS57N R57N
21:33KR7RK10MHzCWS5NN R55N
21:35K6LDQ10MHzCWS57N R42N
21:36N6OND10MHzCWS52N R52N
21:58AJ6CL14MHzCWS599 R599 S2S W6/CT-025
22:02N4LAG7MHzCWS55N R41N
22:03N8FN7MHzCWS58N R55N
22:04K6STR7MHzCWS55N R55N
22:04K6YK7MHzCWS5NN R5NN
22:06KN6EZE7MHzCWS53N R44N
22:07W6LOR7MHzCWS5NN R33N
22:08WC6L7MHzCWS57N R55N
22:09K6QCB7MHzCWS54N R31N
22:11K6EL7MHzCWS33N R55N
22:12KE6MT7MHzCWS55N R53N
Parked right off the 14
First benchmark I found, this is not the summit though.
Summit register
K6PVZ beat me up to the top
Looking back at the ridge line I just hiked