{"id":669,"date":"2025-08-12T19:16:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T19:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inventwave.com\/w6test\/?p=669"},"modified":"2025-08-14T04:03:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T04:03:02","slug":"w6-ss-277-9470","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/2025\/08\/12\/w6-ss-277-9470\/","title":{"rendered":"W6\/SS-277 9470"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Area: Southern Sierras<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>POTA reference: US-0063 Sequoia National Park<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Winter Bonus: 3 Pts December 1 &#8211; March 31<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Summary: Drove 2.5 mi along a dirt road to within 0.7 mi of the summit, then hiked.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parking: 36.03224, -118.35432<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other summits in the area: W6\/SS-258 Sherman Peak, W6\/SS-285 Bald Mountain, W6\/SS-298 9060<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SPOT: Garmin InReach and SOTAMAT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday, July 18, 2025.\u00a0  From the turn-off at Sherman Pass Road, we drove about 2.5 miles up a dirt road, then parked at 36.03224, -118.35432.  There were some large dips in the road, so we were glad to have a high-clearance vehicle.  We then followed the SOTA Goat app to the summit, about 0.7 mi hike.  We had (4) 2m\/FM contacts including Bill K1CT into San Diego, then (9) CW contacts on 20m and 40m.  We enjoyed the short hike and summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250718_5125_trailHeadParking_sm-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250718_5125_trailHeadParking_sm-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250718_5125_trailHeadParking_sm-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250718_5125_trailHeadParking_sm-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250718_5125_trailHeadParking_sm-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250718_5125_trailHeadParking_sm-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Parking at 36.03224, -118.35432 where hike started<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250718_5126_trailHead_sm-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250718_5126_trailHead_sm-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250718_5126_trailHead_sm-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250718_5126_trailHead_sm-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250718_5126_trailHead_sm-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250718_5126_trailHead_sm-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Unmarked hike to the summit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250718_5123_quartz_sm-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250718_5123_quartz_sm-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250718_5123_quartz_sm-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250718_5123_quartz_sm-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250718_5123_quartz_sm-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250718_5123_quartz_sm-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lots of quartz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250718_5119_summit_sm-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250718_5119_summit_sm-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250718_5119_summit_sm-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250718_5119_summit_sm-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250718_5119_summit_sm-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250718_5119_summit_sm-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Summit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"734\" height=\"804\" src=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gaiagps_9470-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gaiagps_9470-1.jpg 734w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gaiagps_9470-1-274x300.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">GAIAGps route<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Carol KE6SRN and Tom KE6SRO<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, July 18, 2025.\u00a0 From the turn-off at Sherman Pass Road, we drove about 2.5 miles up a dirt road, then parked at 36.03224, -118.35432. There were some large dips in the road, so we were glad to have a high-clearance vehicle. We then followed the SOTA Goat app to the summit, about 0.7 mi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tripreports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669","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\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":778,"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions\/778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}