This was my first summit in a series of four while solo camping in Lone Pine. I had just drove up from Los Angeles, found a place to camp, setup my tent, relaxed a bit, then headed over to W6/IN-046, also known as “Rattlesnake Hill”. There was no apparent trail to the summit, so I parked my car in a small clearing and just headed up the mountain, watching out for rattle snakes on my way. Once the steep part was out of the way I picked up what looked like a use-trail and followed it up the the geographical summit. Used a vertical and worked 20M. One contact on 2M with a local who told me to watch out for snakes. When heading down, I picked up on a much better trail. I’ll take this way up next time.
https://sotl.as/summits/W6/IN-045
Max elevation: 5322 ft
Total climbing: 1624 ft
Total time: 02:30:53
Date:07/04/2022 | Summit:W6/IN-045 (5396)
| Time | Callsign | Band | Mode | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21:35 | AC7P | 14MHz | CW | S559 R559 |
| 21:36 | W4KRN | 14MHz | CW | S57N R44N |
| 21:38 | N0IPA | 14MHz | CW | S33N R42N |
| 21:43 | KF9D | 14MHz | CW | S55N R55N |
| 21:44 | W0RLY | 14MHz | CW | S57N R57N |
| 21:46 | VE7HI | 14MHz | CW | S57N R33N |
| 21:47 | WG0AT | 14MHz | CW | S33N R54N |
| 21:52 | W5BOS | 14MHz | CW | S599 R55N |
| 21:54 | WV0Q | 14MHz | CW | S55N R53N |
| 21:55 | NU7A | 14MHz | CW | S54N R33N |
| 21:58 | WX1S | 14MHz | CW | S52N R55N |
| 22:01 | KD6TLE | 144MHz | FM | S59 R59 |
Use-Trail
