I’ve had Alamo Mountain on my radar for awhile but never thought I could get up there without lugging the moto on my van out to the OHV area, then, ride up to the side of the mountain, hike up, activate, hike down, moto back to the van, load up and head home. It felt like a lot of effort for 6 points. Well, last year my wife bought a Subaru Crosstrek and ended up putting a suspension lift in along with 30″ tires. To tackle this summit, her and I ended up driving through Gorman OHV area (free, no need to pay for access if just passing through) on Gold Hill Road. Here the pavement ends and turns into 8N01 which leads to a loop around Alamo Mountain. At the intersection we made a left and stopped at the back side of the summit. Here we grilled some burgers before the hike, ate, then headed up.
There is no actual trail up, so this was kinda a bushwhack the entire way through knee high flora. This means there was a ton of spikey and pokey things getting stuck in our socks – so much that I think the socks I wore on this hike might be ruined – otherwise a beautiful day. Throughout the hike I was worried about snakes, but I didn’t see any. Worked 20M, 30M, and 40M CW, two 2s2 QSOs. Signed the logbook and headed down the hill. Back at the car we completed the loop around Alamo. There are a few more SOTA summits which start around this area, so hopefully I can return soon to activate them.
https://sotl.as/summits/W6/CC-008
Max elevation: 7297 ft
Total climbing: 1385 ft
Total time: 02:37:35
Date:25/08/2023 | Summit:W6/CC-008 (Alamo Mountain)
| Time | Callsign | Band | Mode | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:07 | K6HPX | 7MHz | CW | S58N R54N |
| 20:08 | WB6POT | 7MHz | CW | S57N R57N |
| 20:09 | WC6J | 7MHz | CW | S52N R52N S2S W6/NS-210 |
| 20:10 | NW7E | 7MHz | CW | S55N R55N |
| 20:12 | W9SSN | 7MHz | CW | S53N R53N |
| 20:13 | KD7DUG | 7MHz | CW | S55N R57N |
| 20:14 | NT6E | 7MHz | CW | S57N R53N |
| 20:15 | W6JP | 7MHz | CW | S57N R53N |
| 20:21 | K6EL | 10MHz | CW | S42N R57N S2S W6/NC-423 |
| 20:22 | N6WT | 10MHz | CW | S57N R57N |
| 20:23 | NU7Y | 10MHz | CW | S58N R56N |
| 20:23 | W6TDX | 10MHz | CW | S57N R56N |
| 20:25 | WU7H | 10MHz | CW | S31N R32N |
| 20:27 | WW7D | 10MHz | CW | S31N R31N |
| 20:28 | N6PKT | 10MHz | CW | S55N R55N |
| 20:28 | K6YK | 10MHz | CW | S55N R55N |
| 20:30 | KH2TJ | 10MHz | CW | S51N R55N |
| 20:31 | KB7HH | 10MHz | CW | S55N R55N |
| 20:33 | W2NC | 10MHz | CW | S55N R33N |
| 20:36 | N7EDK | 10MHz | CW | S31N R53N |
| 20:43 | F4WBN | 14MHz | CW | S31N R5NN |
| 20:43 | W5ODS | 14MHz | CW | S55N R55N |
| 20:44 | KF9D | 14MHz | CW | S55N R33N |
| 20:47 | K7EVM | 14MHz | CW | S51N R54N |
| 20:48 | K0LAF | 14MHz | CW | S32N R22N |
| 20:51 | NA7EE | 14MHz | CW | S55N R55N |
