This is nearly a drive-up summit in a vehicle with decent enough clearance. The Subaru Forester held up just fine on the North Main Divide leading up to Trabuco Peak. 90% of the road is tame with only a small section being rutted out as I got close to the peak. There is a parking area just at the base of the hike up. If the clouds weren’t so thick, I could probably see the summit from the parking spot.
It’s less than .25 mi to the top. The summit is covered in thick shrub, but there is a section with some open space just shy of the top, which is where I set up my operating position. I started on 20M and ended up getting Japan and a S2S with a Canadian station which was pretty neat. A few 2M local contacts and it was off to the next summit.
KN6RDC on W6/CT-031 (Trabuco Peak), 23 May 2024