{"id":3197,"date":"2026-10-12T00:53:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T00:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/?p=3197"},"modified":"2026-10-12T01:22:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T01:22:32","slug":"w6-ns-132-babbitt-ridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/2026\/10\/12\/w6-ns-132-babbitt-ridge\/","title":{"rendered":"W6\/NS-132 Babbitt Peak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thankfully, I spoke to Derek before I did this summit.&nbsp; He not only gave me the correct route (attached), but also helped me chart out two more summits to do on the way back to camp.&nbsp; The starting point indicates the turn off off of Smithneck Road.&nbsp; You&#8217;ll drive for 6 miles to get to the lookout tower.&nbsp; It&#8217;s a bit rough, and although the lookout operator said she could get her small 2wd up there, I&#8217;d recommend minimum 2wd with medium clearance.&nbsp; BTW, she drives a Tacoma now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The AZ is very big with all kinds of options.&nbsp; The views are awesome and I had a lot of fun.&nbsp; On the way back to camp, Derek had me chart a route to two more summits in a loop and then a shortcut back to the 89.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ll head back to Smithneck, head south and take Trosi Canyon up to Land Peak hike start, and then over to a driveup called Sardine (NS-160) if I have time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Road that I took is below<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-1a9e6d4b-a9db-4fae-bacb-cadc492df76b\" href=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/road-to-w6ns-132-babbitt-peak.gpx\">road-to-w6ns-132-babbitt-peak<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/road-to-w6ns-132-babbitt-peak.gpx\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-1a9e6d4b-a9db-4fae-bacb-cadc492df76b\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All driving referenced for this trip was done with <a href=\"https:\/\/HamNinja.com\/margaret\">Margaret, my Subaru OBW<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Road conditions can change after winter snow melt and heavy rains so be warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":3199,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tripreports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3197"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3205,"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3197\/revisions\/3205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}