{"id":784,"date":"2025-08-14T04:41:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T04:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inventwave.com\/w6test\/?p=784"},"modified":"2025-08-14T04:43:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T04:43:42","slug":"w6-nd-029-banner-ridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/2025\/08\/14\/w6-nd-029-banner-ridge\/","title":{"rendered":"W6\/ND-029 Banner Ridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Summer Bonus: 3 Pts June 15 &#8211; September 15<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other summits in the area: W6\/SN-033 Mammoth Mountain, W6\/ND-037 Lookout Mountain, W6\/ND-392 Dry Creek Knoll, W6\/ND-393 8185 (Benton Crag), W6\/ND-012 Bald Mountain, W6\/ND-026 Gilbert Peak, W6\/ND-041 8126, W6\/ND-047 Casa Diablo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday, July 25, 2025.\u00a0 Banner Ridge is the highest point in the Benton Range.  After a 2-mile drive on a dirt road, we parked the car at 37.70373, -118.57322, then did a 1 mi cross-country hike to the summit.\u00a0 This was a very nice hike but with a rocky summit.  The Bishop repeaters can be used to stir up 2m\/FM contacts on 146.52 MHz.  (See repeater list, below.)<\/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\/20250725_5184_park_sm-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5184_park_sm-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5184_park_sm-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5184_park_sm-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5184_park_sm-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5184_park_sm-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nice dirt road to access the trailhead.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5171_crossCountry_sm-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5171_crossCountry_sm-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5171_crossCountry_sm-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5171_crossCountry_sm-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5171_crossCountry_sm-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5171_crossCountry_sm-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Park here, then easy cross-country 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\/20250725_5176_hwy6_sm-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5176_hwy6_sm-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5176_hwy6_sm-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5176_hwy6_sm-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5176_hwy6_sm-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5176_hwy6_sm-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">View to Hwy 6 and beyond to the White Mountains.<\/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\/20250725_5173_summit_sm-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5173_summit_sm-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5173_summit_sm-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5173_summit_sm-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5173_summit_sm-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5173_summit_sm-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rocky summit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5182_register_sm-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5182_register_sm-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5182_register_sm-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5182_register_sm-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5182_register_sm-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5182_register_sm-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Look for the register at the summit&#8230;<\/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\/20250725_5178_register_sm-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5178_register_sm-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5178_register_sm-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5178_register_sm-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5178_register_sm-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5178_register_sm-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">.. and find our names.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gaiapgs_bentonRidge.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gaiapgs_bentonRidge.jpg 648w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gaiapgs_bentonRidge-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">GAIAGps route<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bishop area repeaters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>These are linked and have PL 103.5<br>Silver Peak, 146.940<br>Mazourka Peak, 146.760-<br>Alabama Hills, 147.210+<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\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 25, 2025.\u00a0 Banner Ridge is the highest point in the Benton Range. After a 2-mile drive on a dirt road, we parked the car at 37.70373, -118.57322, then did a 1 mi cross-country hike to the summit.\u00a0 This was a very nice hike but with a rocky summit. The Bishop repeaters can be [&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-784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tripreports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784","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=784"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":795,"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784\/revisions\/795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}