Kel and I started this trip from Mill Creek Summit at the intersection of Pacifico Mountain Road (3N17) and Angels Forest Highway. From there we took a Subaru all the way down Pacifico Mountain Road, past Alder saddle to Little Rock Canyon Road and stopped at a locked gate. I was surprised to see several hunting groups here meeting up to head out of the forest after a long night. It’s deer season, but the hunters I spoke to said they didn’t see any deer this year.

No time was wasted after arriving at the trailhead so we quickly started hiking down 5N04 to a fire break that runs up to Bare Mountain. This is on the left side of the forest road by a water culvert. See the attached .gpx for more details. The hike is steep with several false summits. There is no tree cover or shade of any type so the name of this summit is appropriate. For me, hiking this in the summer would be uncomfortable. At the top, I worked 40m, 30m, and 2m, with 4 S2S QSOs. The return trip was the same as the accent. I don’t know why it took me so long to visit this mountain; I really enjoyed everything about it and will be back next year to activate again.

https://sotl.as/summits/W6/CT-082

Download file: W6_CT_082.gpx

Date:10/11/2023 |  Summit:W6/CT-082 (Bare Mountain) 

Time	Callsign	Band	Mode	Notes
21:00	KD7DTS	144MHz	FM	S22 R45 S2S W6/CT-266
21:01	NT6E	144MHz	FM	S44 R59
21:02	KI6SLA	144MHz	FM	S55 R55
21:18	NN7O	7MHz	CW	S58N R53N
21:19	KF6HI	7MHz	CW	S57N R57N
21:20	K6EL	7MHz	CW	S55N R57N S2S W6/NC-423
21:21	WB6POT	7MHz	CW	S57N R599
21:31	N7EDK	10MHz	CW	S32N R54N
21:32	AI6XG	10MHz	CW	S57N R58N
21:36	WU7H	10MHz	CW	S21N R55N S2S W7W/WH-194
21:37	WW7D	10MHz	CW	S21N R51N S2S W7W/WH-194
21:38	K7MAS	10MHz	CW	S52N R55N
21:40	WA7JTM	10MHz	CW	S57N R57N
21:41	KN6DMO	10MHz	CW	S57N R56N
21:51	KN6KS	144MHz	FM	S59 R59