https://video.benmook.com/videos/watch/96be4ae4-6078-4d15-bfd9-78311ed9e6ca https://blog.benmook.com/w6-sd-040-west-ord-mountain/ This was my 5th summit climbed for So. Cal Winter SOTA Fest, and probably my favorite of the weekend. I started the hike at a cattle guard, which was recommended by many from Peakbagger. This spot is a good ways away from the paved road, and I made a few wrong turns along the way, which made it a bit of an adventure even getting there. From the cattle guard, I just started hiking up, there is no use trail to follow. There are a few false summits, a bit of scrambling, and beautiful views. At the top is what I believe to be an old survey tower. I didn’t didn’t find any benchmarks. Worked other SoCal SOTA activators on 2M S2S, plus 15, 17 and 20M on the KH1 whip. I didn’t get a boatload of contacts, but enough to qualify the activation. I’m excited to hike the rest of the Ord Mountains soon! https://sotl.as/summits/W6/SD-040 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 22:09:57 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.benmook.com https://video.benmook.com/lazy-static/avatars/298a662a-dfdd-4a9f-b98f-8ffd38337b70.png https://video.benmook.com/videos/watch/96be4ae4-6078-4d15-bfd9-78311ed9e6ca All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.benmook.com/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.