Guide - Squak Mtn - W7W/KG-122
Drive Guide - Squak Mtn Bullitt Fireplace Trailhead from Wedgwood, Seattle
- Duration: 0:50
- Google Maps
- From Wedgwood to McD to Trailhead: https://tinyurl.com/bullitt-squak
- Seasonal/Limited Access: All Seasons
- Directions:
- (Omitted. Complex turns. You’ll really need to follow GPS)
- Food:
- McDonalds: 3239 156th Ave SE, Bellevue - opens 7 AM-10 PM on weekends
Trailhead
- 47.523,-122.0576
- Not much parking, but extra spaces along shoulder leading up to parking area.
Trail Guide
- Duration: 2.3 miles 1-way, 2:10 up (via fireplace); 1:18 down (via center peak trail),
- Elevation Gain: 1306’ continuous, with no interim descents.
- Navigation: Follow GPS. See “Squak Mtn Bullit” folder in BaseCamp.
- Trailhead altitude: 718
- Summit altitude: 2024
- GPS tracks/waypoints:
- Trailhead: 47.523,-122.0576
- Fireplace: 47.50524,-122.0534
- Summit: 47.5042,-122.047
Summit Guide
- Hang antenna from tree: Yes
- Space to guy mast: Yes
- Cell coverage: AT&T=yes in 2024, APRS=yes in 2024
- Approaching the summit, there is a fenced shack with a narrow tower on your right, just before the open area. Call the micro-clearing near the fence corner “shack.”
- Entering the clearing at the summit, there is a small grassy area to sit, on your right. Call this area “parking space.”
- APRS went out fine from parking space and from shack. I sent APRS to email from:
- shack, sitting at parking space, and standing at parking space.
- APRS has lots of activity, so you must wait for a pause to transmit.
- Cell voice worked and cell data worked VERY SLOWLY, but only from certain locations.
- VERY small area half-way between parking space and shack. I wandered slowly between parking space and shack and found a data and SMS spot.
- SMS was a little easier, but I still had to wander to find success.
- I did NOT try cell right next to the microwave towers.
- Lots of radios and antennas on summit. There is a report that you may not be able to do a 2M activation due to QRM.
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