{"id":796,"date":"2025-08-14T05:16:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T05:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inventwave.com\/w6test\/?p=796"},"modified":"2025-08-14T05:16:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T05:16:53","slug":"w6-nd-393-8185-benton-crag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/2025\/08\/14\/w6-nd-393-8185-benton-crag\/","title":{"rendered":"W6\/ND-393 8185 (Benton Crag)"},"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-029 Banner Ridge, 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 From Benton Crossing Road, we turned off onto a 1.6 mi dirt road then parked at 37.73253, -118.57027.  From here we hiked an additional 0.7 mi.   Along this latter stretch, we were amused that the road had a Forest Service designation (03S152), in that it was not at all driveable.  There was a bit of loose scree as we headed towards the summit.  We did not make the final climb to the summit, due to steep and large boulders. We were, however, in the activation zone.  The Bishop repeaters can be used to stir up 2m\/FM contacts on 146.52 MHz.  Interestingly, we made contact with Steve K6SPA who volunteers to run the Trout Pond at McGee Creek RV Park, where we were camped.  Later that night we went fishing at the Trout Pond.  Steve provides poles (and lessons) and cleans anything you catch.<\/p>\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_5186_dogs_sm-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5186_dogs_sm-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5186_dogs_sm-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5186_dogs_sm-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5186_dogs_sm-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5186_dogs_sm-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sheep herd on the drive to Benton Crag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5188_mule_sm-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5188_mule_sm-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5188_mule_sm-828x1024.jpg 828w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5188_mule_sm-768x950.jpg 768w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5188_mule_sm-1241x1536.jpg 1241w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5188_mule_sm-1655x2048.jpg 1655w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5188_mule_sm.jpg 1727w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Does this guy know he&#8217;s not a sheep?<\/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_3943_bentonCrag_sm-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_3943_bentonCrag_sm-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_3943_bentonCrag_sm-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_3943_bentonCrag_sm-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_3943_bentonCrag_sm-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_3943_bentonCrag_sm-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Looks like a named Forest Service Road does not need to be driveable!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\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_5190_summit_sm-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5190_summit_sm-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5190_summit_sm-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5190_summit_sm-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5190_summit_sm-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250725_5190_summit_sm-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The summit is up there, but the activation zone (AZ) is down here where we stopped.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"605\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gaiagps_bentonCrag.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gaiagps_bentonCrag.jpg 605w, https:\/\/w6sota.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gaiagps_bentonCrag-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><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 From Benton Crossing Road, we turned off onto a 1.6 mi dirt road then parked at 37.73253, -118.57027. From here we hiked an additional 0.7 mi. Along this latter stretch, we were amused that the road had a Forest Service designation (03S152), in that it was not at all driveable. 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