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Baby Blue, WA | May 2021

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Summit: 
W7W/SN-167
Voice Cellular Coverage: 
Spotty, may not work at all
Data Cellular Coverage: 
Spotty, may not work at all
Cellular Provider: 
AT&T
APRS Coverage: 
Don't know

Baby Blue is a 2-point summit located near Sultan, WA.  Other summits have taken priority the last 2 years, but this summit was a great surprise due to views at summit and along the last ~1 mile of road hike.  Parking is located along Sultan Basin Road, and it was ~12 minute drive after turning from Hwy 2.  To get there, I followed Google maps to 47.9222, -121.7486.  A Discover Pass is required.  

For hiking information, this is a 5.5 mile round-trip road hike with ~1,365 gain.  Thank you to Josh WU7H for posting tracks which made things much easier!  The road hike starts out with more shade, and then you start to get views ~1 mile into the hike.  Cell service was spotty on the road hike, but fine on summit with AT&T.

The summit area (and surrounding area) has been partially logged, and there were amazing views from the summit.  For HF, I was able to strap my mast to a small tree...and there was enough room to try a new Sotabeams 4-band linked dipole.  Line of sight is great especially for North Sound VHF/UHF contacts.  

While a classic road hike, overall recommend this summit due to the views.  

(Pictures below include parking, summit, and summit views)

Pictures: 
Parking along Sultan Basin Road
Baby Blue summit area
View from summit looking approx. southeast
View from summit looking approx. northwest