Thomas Mountain

Here is one leg of the doublet and the roll-up slim jim antenna for 2m.

23 FEBRUARY 2025 W6/CT-016

One star – Nothing special but I’d do it again.

Elevation:	6,825′
Route:	Drive up
Hike Distance:	n/a
Elevation Gain:	n/a
Navigation:	n/a
Steepness:	n/a
Vehicle:	High clearance 4wd suggested
Road:	As of this trip pretty rutted
Cell Coverage:	Good Verizon

Hike basics

When I first visited Thomas Mountain in August of 1996 I found all the campers down off the summit at Yellow Posts 6 & 8. They were all anxiously looking up to the summit while the sound of gunfire echoed down the mountain. I slowly drove to the beginning of the summit and found a campsite littered with broken booze bottles and bullet casings. Some extremely drunk guys were over on the actual summit yelling and squeezing off rounds. I beat a hasty retreat.

This time there were only a few, well behaved campers and I found an unused campsite near the top.

I ended up doing both roads up from Highway 74. I went up the one marked “Thomas Mountain” and down the one marked “Little Thomas Mountain.” I’d suggest the latter as it is a bit shorter.

Both roads seem to have suffered from the last two rainy years. I did it back in 1996 in a Volvo sedan. I would suggest a high clearance 4wd now, but I saw some guys going up in a Lexus sedan.

When it came to the radio portion of our show: what a difference a day makes! The summit-to-summit contact with Pavel OK1MCS/P in the Czech Republic really made my day!