From US-395, I drove east on Fremont Peak Road. Some sections were smooth and fast, other parts were washboard slow. Somewhere around 35.19629419590779, -117.52994646089353 the road splits. Going left will take you to the dry lake beds. You want to go straight. From here, the summit should be obvious. I parked above the mine ruins and started my hike up. There is a gnarly 4×4 trail I followed until I picked up a light use trail. The very end was steep and loose. At the top was some sort of repeater installed in a pelican case, along with solar panels and an antenna. No markings on the case to indicate it’s operating frequency. Ham? GMRS? Does it even work anymore? I setup my station and worked 40M. As the sun was going down, so was I. Back at the truck I drank a beer watching the sunset, then headed to the dry lakes to camp for the night.
A good write up of the geology is here.
https://sotl.as/summits/Wmsty6/ND-231
Max elevation: 4593 ft
Total climbing: 877 ft
Date:03/05/2025 | Summit:W6/ND-231 (Fremont Peak)
| Time | Callsign | Band | Mode | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:53 | WU7H | 7MHz | CW | S57N R53N |
| 01:54 | WW7D | 7MHz | CW | S57N R41N |
| 01:55 | KD7DTS | 7MHz | CW | S58N R33N |
| 01:56 | NT6E | 7MHz | CW | S57N R55N |
| 01:57 | KX0Y | 7MHz | CW | S57N R33N |
| 01:58 | K9PM | 7MHz | CW | S55N R57N |
| 02:01 | N0IPA | 7MHz | CW | S55N R41N |
