K7ZX's blog

Well, so much for trying to get on Scott Mountain on my birthday!  It started to rain yesterday (Saturday), and it rained with a vengeance all night last night.  Also, the fog first covered the mountain and then the Tenas lakes, where we were camped.  This morning it was very evident that there was no way we were going to try to summit.  How ironic--last year we summited and had no QSOs, and this year we were well advertised and had no summit!

Sims Butte can be accessed via the Obsidian trail #3528.  This is within a high-use area and requires a $6.00 permit through www.recreation.gov.  Hike in about 3/4 mile and turn right off the trail to hike across a log-strewn area to the base of the butte.  The butte itself is heavily littered with downed trees and underbrush.  It is a tough climb, but fortunately the summit lies only about 500 vertical feet higher.  We used an old naked tree to string up the inverted vee antenna.