SOTA Summit: W6/SD-044, Pt. 5352
Trail:Â No – steep cross country scramble
Hike: Short .75 miles to summit.
Elevation gain:Â 700 feet
Self Spot: Yes via AT&T, SOTA Goat
Files: GPX, KML & CalTopo
As mentioned in my previous activation report for W6/SD-039 my eleven year old son, William N6WMG and I were headed to Joshua Tree National Park for a Boy Scout campout and rock climbing trip. It’s a trip we’ve done before with the Troop and decided this time we’d bookend the trip with two summit activations. We choose W6/SD-039, Pt. 5540 (6 points) for late Friday and W6/SD-044, Pt 5352 (4 points) for Sunday on the way home. [Read more…]