Flat Top South W7U/SU-050

Looking up from the "upper base"

Flat Top is another go-to every spring. When I'm ambitious I'll try and go when there's still a winter bonus in March but often the lower road is impassible, given that it's steep and in shade all day so if there's ice and snow anywhere in the area, it's there. A little later in the year and it does look better, but this one isn't too far from home.

"Mount Moo" W7U/WS-016 (7660)

From my favorite spot

When I first activated this summit in 2016, it was my third activation ever, and the first one where I was the first to activate a summit for SOTA. It's a 6-pointer that's less than an hour from my house. It has no name, but is nicknamed "Mount Moo" for the ranch down below and my son, Daniel, who's nickname is "Moo". I have activated it in every season, and enjoy them all.

Big Mountain W7U/SU-051, lots of contacts!

Cool spring morning!

Big Mountain, which actually isn't all that impressive to be honest, is an easy one since there is an access road to reach all the tower on the top. They do cause a lot of interference though, so I go as far as I can away in the activation zone to minimize the static. There's a nice view of the little town of Enterprise.

Sand Mountain W7U/SU-061, a few DX and some Pixie fun!

The "actual" summit

Sand Mountain is probably the summit that's the "most fun" to get to since it's basically an ATV haven with red-sand trails going everywhere. For some reason though, the high point is marked incorrectly in SOTAmaps (in fact not even close). There's another area that people think is the high point since it's marked with a huge pile of rocks and a big sign that reads "Top of the World," but both topo maps and the benchmark confirm that's not the high point either.