Read about my first activation of 4020 HERE.

This summit is a popular drive up, where you can earn 4 SOTA points for walking across a small field. I always figured I would activate this one again on some kinda field day with bulky QRO equipment, but cycling up 3n17 would be way more fun. Turns out, part of the way up is a popular mountain bike trail, called “The Beast“, where you climb up a fire road, then turn off onto a downhill single track back to the start. Hell yea! For this activation, I only brought an FM HT, two beers, water, and some snacks. Joining me was Ebun and Tim. The assent isn’t anything unusual – just a normal, steep, exposed fire road. About 5 miles up to the summit you will run into the single track that goes back down. Of course, we’re going all the way to the top, so another 3-ish miles further. At the summit I had no issues making contacts on 2M and 70cm FM. Excited to ride the single track down, I chugged one beer and headed to the single track. At this point I didn’t take any photos because it was way too much fun to stop. I can’t wait to do this again, and I’ll likely ride “The Beast” again soon.

https://sotl.as/summits/W6/CT-158

Download file: The_beast.gpx

Date:27/02/2021 | Summit:W6/CT-158 (4020)

Time	Callsign	Band	Mode	Notes
22:10	K6LDQ	144MHz	FM
22:12	KM6TWI	144MHz	FM
22:13	N6JZT	144MHz	FM
22:14	KG6MZS	144MHz	FM
22:14	W6XYZ	144MHz	FM
22:15	WA6WV	144MHz	FM
22:16	KN6DMO	144MHz	FM
22:22	KI6SLA	144MHz	FM
22:25	N6YNG	433MHz	FM
22:26	N6JZT	433MHz	FM
22:27	KM6UHU	433MHz	FM
22:28	KN6IPM	433MHz	FM
22:31	KN6CJK	433MHz	FM
22:33	KM6PFN	433MHz	FM