QRP CW Parks on the Air at Sand Hollow State Park, UT

Surprisingly Sand Hollow State Park has never been activated before with Parks on the Air. I decided to go out again and see if I could do better this time with the radio with a good start. It was supposed to get to 110 degrees today, so the plan was to be out from 8-10am and call it a day.

QRP CW Parks on the Air at Gunlock State Park (K-3077), UT

For some reason I got the itch to check out POTA (Parks on the Air). I did one over a year ago (Snow Canyon State Park) just to see, and then starting looking into it in more detail this week. Since then they had added quite a few "parks" so there's a lot more to choose from. Most around here have not been activated before. Certainly not replacing SOTA, but these hot months I don't have the time or inclination to do tons of hiking.

Brian Head W7U/SU-016 (my 5th time)

At the summit, 11,307 ft. with stone shack

The second summit of the day that I always do together with Navajo Point is Brian Head. It's just up the way and being a drive-up you can get from one summit to the next in about 40 mins. At times the way is blocked by snow, even in June, but July is usually clear, which is was this time.

Navajo Point W7U/IR-002 (my 5th time)

As seen from Brian Head

This is one of those annual summits I activate when it's hot at home. We were under an excessive heat warning (109 degrees). This is my fifth activation of the summit, one each year. This is a simple 10-pointer that many miss because Brian Head is more popular in the SU (Southern Utah) region and this is listed under the IR (Iron Co.) region. I always do both of them the same day, and I don't know why, but I always start with Navajo Point.