After leaving W6/SS-348, we headed back to Piute Mountain Road and went deeper into the forest. We took our time, stopping in interesting areas to look around, so It took about 2 hours to travel between summits. Finding the actual summit was easy, there is a road straight to the top! Oh, the gate was open, so we drove through. As we started to gain elevation, it started snowing. At the top is a small slab and a short scree path up to the summit. Once there I setup on 2M CW for one QSO, 183km. I jumped on 20M CW to complete the activation. The snow was melting immediately and I was getting wet, so I didn’t stay too long. Fog, snow, bright green lichen made an interesting experience that will be hard to duplicate, even if I come up to this summit again. See additional video footage on my peertube server that somewhat captures this.
https://sotl.as/summits/W6/SS-618
Normally, I would have a map of the hike to the summit in this space, but there wasn’t a real hike, so I don’t have that data.
Date:28/05/2026 | Summit:W6/SS-618 (Piute Lookout)
| Time | Callsign | Band | Mode | Distance (km) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21:59 | NT6E | 144MHz | CW | 183 | %QRA%DM03TU% S55N R52N |
| 22:07 | N4TU | 14MHz | CW | S56N R52N | |
| 22:08 | WW7D | 14MHz | CW | S57N R52N | |
| 22:09 | W5ODS | 14MHz | CW | S57N R57N | |
| 22:11 | WU7H | 14MHz | CW | S58N R52N | |
| 22:14 | JG0AWE | 14MHz | CW | S31N R52N |
