W4C/WM-033 Shortoff Mountain - 8 Pts plus 3 Pts Bonus

We were at the same trailhead at coordinates 35 deg 6.2749 min North and 83 deg 12.2470 West when we activated Panther Mtn.   The trailhead has the title Yellow Mountain Trail and is the same trail that proceeds to Yellow Mountain which is 5 miles away.   The Yellow Mtn hike is longer as Shortoff summit is but a stop-over to Yellow Mountain.   The hike itself is some 1.8 miles.  The GPS track for the hike is shown below:

The hike has about 850 feet of elevation gain over teh 1.8 miles and is mostly over the ridge line between Cole Mtn and Shortoff.   The ascending parts are the first and last third of the hike and culminates in switchbacks to the summit.  The summit elevation is 5018 feet.

Upon reaching the summit, KW4JM (Scott) and I setup in the generous flat portion with plenty of room for antennas.   Scott used a tree limb as per his usual practice while I used the SOTABeams 10m mast.   This time I brought the MTR 3 band EFHW from LNR as I was using the K1 for this activation.  A pic of the deployed antenna above with a SOTA flag - of course you can't see the wire.

Above is the image of my mountain top station.

Scott - happy as a clam - working his pileup.  He started on 20m and I started on 40m.

A couple of hikers on their way to Yellow Mountain.  They really appreciated what we are doing and thought it was "cool".  Scott kept our visitors entertained.

Operating at the Summit

THANK YOU - CHASERS