W6/CT-037 – Cahuenga Peak

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If you live in Los Angles chances are you have looked at this summit several times, it’s right next to the world famous Hollywood sign. I live just a few mile away, however It took me awhile to actually activate it, and honestly, I tried to a few times but got discouraged and did something else. Why? From the parking area, you can see streams of people hiking up and down the hillside. Way too crowded for me, way too crowded to put up any kind of antenna without being in the way.

One rainy day I wanted to get out of the house and thought the weather might keep people inside, so I headed over to the trailhead. While the trail wasn’t completely empty, it wasn’t jam packed as I’ve observed before. Since rain has been scare around here for the past few years it was either now, or maybe next year, so I headed up. he trail was steeper than I imagined, but nothing that difficult.

At the top of the ridge, I went to look at the wisdom tree. I could see this single tree from my old office on Wilshire. Rumor says it came in a McDonald’s Happy Meal in the 70’s as a sapling, and someone planted it up there and returned with water every few weeks to keep it alive. I have no idea if this is true or not but it’s a good story. After trying to grab a photo of it without people taking 100 selfies in the background, I continued up the ridge to the summit marker.

Shortly after leaving the tree I arrived at the summit marker. Since this is a ridge, there isn’t a lot of room, but I was able to find a small offshoot to setup the station that was mostly out of the way. I setup the vertical and got everything setup. Worked 30M, 40M, and 20M CW. This was hard at times because at one point there were loud kids just a few feet away from me. In addition, hikers would use the small offshoot I was on, and I worried about someone tripping over one of the wires I had going everywhere.

After working all the chasers, the station was packed down and put away. I hiked around and found the benchmark, then considered going over to the Hollywood sign, but decided not to. I think it took longer to get down that it was to get up because the weather cleared and there were more trail users. Overall, it was a fun day, but I wish it rained a bit harder, for a bit longer.

https://sotl.as/summits/W6/CT-037

Total distance: 2.44 mi
Max elevation: 1812 ft
Total climbing: 1011 ft
Total time: 02:52:20
Download file: CahuengaPeak.gpx

Date:17/01/2022 | Summit:W6/CT-037 (Cahuenga Peak)

TimeCallsignBandModeNotes
20:54K7SO10MHzCWS45N R55N
21:02KT5X10MHzCWS55N R55N
21:11WA6KYR7MHzCWS58N R55N
21:13KN6EZE7MHzCWS22N R44N
21:14KN6DMO7MHzCWS53N R5NN
21:15KI6PMD7MHzCWS599 R599
21:17K6QCB7MHzCWS45N R42N
21:20KR7RK7MHzCWS41N R52N
21:22KN6G0G7MHzCWS31N R32N
21:27K6CPR7MHzCWS53N R319
21:28NK6A7MHzCWS5NN R5NN
21:42WB2FUV14MHzCWS45N R44N
21:43WW7D14MHzCWS55N R53N
21:45K9WO14MHzCWS55N R55N
21:46W0MNA14MHzCWS53N R55N
21:47AD5A14MHzCWS45N R55N
21:49N6MKW14MHzCWS45N R5NN
21:50W0ERI14MHzCWS55N R55N
21:51KG3W14MHzCWS45N R33N
21:53WB7VTY14MHzCWS53N R53N
21:53K6TUY14MHzCWS54N R56N
21:54NG6R14MHzCWS58N R58N
21:55N0RZ14MHzCWS55N R55N
21:56N0DNF14MHzCWS58N R33N
21:58W4KRN14MHzCWS52N R44N
Pass through a gate to get to the trailhead
tank on the left, hill on the right
This sign didn’t seem to be in the right place
A bit of history about the property
Typical trail conditions
About half way up
Wisdom Tree
Benchmark
Station. I think I can see my house from here!
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