I took my son (age 7) with me on this activation. I had done a bit of research ahead of time to make sure the roads were clear as my Prius can only get me so far in the mountains. We parked on the side of the road and started picking our way up the trail to Circle Mountain.
The trail is easy to follow and we made short work of it.
It was Winter SOTAfest so there were plenty of other people doing SOTA during this activation. I didn’t catch many of them with the limited time I had, but I still had a good time and fun with my son getting out in the mountains.
I used a Yaesu FT5DR and an N9TAX 2M/70CM Slim Jim Antenna for this activation. My last contact of the day was Neil K6KWI on W6/SC-371, about 60 miles away. That may be my furthest 2M contact yet.
Website: https://www.sotadata.org.uk/en/summit/W6/CT-071
Map: https://caltopo.com/m/L232G
Trailhead: Parking available along Lone Pine Canyon.
Route: Well-marked trail up to the summit. 1.15mi to the top with about 900′ of gain.
KN6RDC on W6/CT-071 (Circle Mountain), 15 Jan 2022