This was the last summit I hit on my WI trip, and it was the most interesting one by far. The dramatic cliffs of Gibraltar Rock are truly spectacular! I walked along the Ice Age Trail from the north parking lot and followed it until I got to the cliffs, about 0.8 miles over the pine-needle covered trail.
The haze from the Canadian wildfires added some dramatic color to the morning light hitting the rocks. After taking in the sights, I set up my wire back from the trail near the paved “Old Road Path.” Here I was out of the way from the heavy Monday-morning foot traffic on the main trail. The end-fed inverted vee is absolutely crushing it!
I got 27 contacts, with two S2S: AC1Z on W1/AM-217 (20m) and N4TU on W8M/LP-032 (40m). My single contact on 15m was with F4WBN. This was my first 15m contact on the MTR3Bv4.
- Trailhead: 43.34858, -89.60023 : Gibraltar Rock County Park
- Map: [AA3TZ SOTA] [Gibraltar Rock State Natural Area Map]
- Route: 1.4 mile loop on Ice Age Trail/Old Road Path
- POTA: US-4238 Ice Age National Scenic Trail; US-8363 Gibraltar Rock State Natural Area
Tom Zajdel 