Kel and I made a quick weekend trip through the White Mountains, camping at Grandview the night before and hiking a few of the lower summits. I’ve had pretty bad altitude sickness in the past so I was prepared to turn around at any point on the trip up. Luckily, by the time we got to the end of White Mountain Road, both Kel and I felt great. I attribute this to camping at Grandview and hiking Clem Nelson before gaining additional altitude. We do live at sea level so…..
The hike to Piute Mountain was pretty straight forward; about 3 miles round trip and 1k feet of gain. You can pretty much see the summit from the parking area, just walk straight up to it. We picked a good day to be there. A slight breeze with a temperature in the low 70’s. It was perfect. Worked 40M, 20M CW, even got a 2M FM contact up there.
https://sotl.as/summits/W6/WH-003
Max elevation: 12498 ft
Total climbing: 1176 ft
Total time: 03:02:57
Date:11/07/2024 | Summit:W6/WH-003 (Piute Mountain)
| Time | Callsign | Band | Mode | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:16 | N1EFK | 144MHz | FM | S59 R59 |
| 18:20 | K6YK | 7MHz | CW | S57N R57N |
| 18:21 | KB7HH | 7MHz | CW | S57N R53N |
| 18:23 | NT6E | 7MHz | CW | S56N R53N |
| 18:23 | K6STR | 7MHz | CW | S57N R57N |
| 18:23 | W6LOR | 7MHz | CW | S57N R57N |
| 18:26 | KH2TJ | 7MHz | CW | S55N R53N |
| 18:27 | K6TUY | 7MHz | CW | S55N R55N |
| 18:40 | W5ODS | 14MHz | CW | S53N R44N |
| 18:41 | WW7D | 14MHz | CW | S52N R51N |
| 18:42 | VE7HI | 14MHz | CW | S55N R33N |
| 18:43 | WOMRH | 14MHz | CW | S32N R53N |
| 18:45 | KX0R | 14MHz | CW | S2S W0C/SP-071 S55N R56N |
| 18:47 | N2ESE | 14MHz | CW | S31N R52N |
