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

Download file: Condor_AG6N.GPX

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

Time	Callsign	Band	Mode	Notes
21:05	NT6E	144MHz	FM	S59 R59
21:07	KI6SLA	144MHz	FM	S59 R59
21:08	WA6WV	144MHz	FM	S59 R59
21:22	W7RV	7MHz	CW	S57N R56N
21:23	K7EA	7MHz	CW	S51N R33N
21:24	W6DER	7MHz	CW	S51N R51N
21:25	N6AN	7MHz	CW	S44N R33N
21:27	K7NEW	7MHz	CW	S42N R33N
21:28	KR7RK	7MHz	CW	S56N R55N
21:29	K7UOU	7MHz	CW	S42N R599
21:30	K3GX	7MHz	CW	S57N R57N
21:31	WB6POT	7MHz	CW	S57N R58N
21:37	KG6MZS	144MHz	FM	S59 R9
21:40	K6EL	10MHz	CW	S41N R55N S2S W6/NC-432
21:41	WW7D	10MHz	CW	S51N R51N
21:41	NA6MG	10MHz	CW	S56N R51N
21:42	N7EDK	10MHz	CW	S44N R55N
21:43	NQ7R	10MHz	CW	S57N R599
21:46	KX0Y	10MHz	CW	S56N R44N
21:49	N6JZT	144MHz	FM	S59 R44

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

Download file: EastTwinPeaks_AG6N.GPX

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

Time	Callsign	Band	Mode	Notes
20:16	KN6RDC	7MHz	CW	S57N R599
20:17	NT6E	7MHz	CW	S5NN R55N
20:18	NW7E	7MHz	CW	S33N R53N
20:18	KF6HI	7MHz	CW	S55N R53N
20:19	KX6I	7MHz	CW	S57N R5NN S2S W6/SC-335
20:21	W7RV	7MHz	CW	S58N R55N
20:22	W7DLZ	7MHz	CW	S57N R51N
20:23	N6PKT	7MHz	CW	S55N R55N
20:24	K6CPR	7MHz	CW	S57N R55N
20:24	KE6MT	7MHz	CW	S56N R54N
20:25	N7CW	7MHz	CW	S56N R57N
20:26	KI6PMD	7MHz	CW	S599 R599
20:27	AF7M	7MHz	CW	S52N R55N
20:28	W6LOR	7MHz	CW	S599 R599
20:29	K6EL	7MHz	CW	S33N R52N
20:30	K6QCB	7MHz	CW	S53N R55N
20:42	NE7ET	14MHz	CW	S45N R599
20:43	WW7D	14MHz	CW	S55N R54N
20:44	KC4CR	14MHz	CW	S45N R53N
20:48	W9MRH	14MHz	CW	S22N R33N
20:50	KG7KKE	14MHz	CW	S44N R5NN
20:50	N7EDK	14MHz	CW	S33N R55N
21:02	KI6SLA	144MHz	FM	S59 R59
21:04	KG6MZS	144MHz	FM	S58 R56
21:05	WA6WV	144MHz	FM	S59 R59