W7N/NS-217 – Burton Mountain

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This peak is north east of Beatty, NV. I left Death Valley National Park after a day of driving around and headed to the ghost town of Rhyolite. Not much there as the name suggests. After checking out the ruins I went to buy gas in town and look up nearby SOTA opportunities. Burton Mountain was close and previously activated so, I knew it was accessible. I got as close to the summit as I could and parked where the two track road disappeared in the desert. From there I hustled up to the top. This was going to be a quick activation as I was running out of daylight. I don’t have a light and I don’t like hiking down hills in the dark. At the top there is a rock cairn and summit register. I quickly setup a Yaesu 817 with 10M EFHW and got to work. Made 8 QSOs in around 10 minutes, half of those being Japan DX. I relaxed for about 5 minutes and watched the sun disappear below the western mountain range, then started my descent. I got back to the truck just before it got dark and returned to Beatty, where I booked a cheap hotel room that advertised a hot tub. After checking in and navigating to the pool area, I found the hot tub was broken. Bummer.

https://sotl.as/summits/W7N/NS-217

Date:09/11/2024 |  Summit:W7N/NS-217 (Burton Mountain) 

TimeCallsignBandModeNotes
00:27WB8BHN28MHzCWS57N R51N
00:29WD4CFN28MHzCWS58N R57N
00:30W4JKC28MHzCWS58N R56N
00:30JH1MXV28MHzCWS58N R53N
00:31W4GO28MHzCWS58N R51N
00:32JG0AW28MHzCWS55N R55N
00:33JJ1IZY28MHzCWS33N R53N
00:367N1FRE28MHzCWS57N R42N

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