Ms Pat-WT7N, Mike-W7MKE, Chuck-AC7QN, and Rich-KR7W, members of the Mt Rainier ARC drove to the Sunrise Visitor Center located in the Northeast part of Mt Rainier National Park- to hike approx 2.5 miles to the true summit of Mt Fremont (also a Summits on the Air summit, W7W/RS-005).  

  The hike begins at 6600 ft elevation and gains approx 900 ft.  The last 1/2 mile of the trek is off trail or X-country.    We operated 6M SSB, 2M+70CM SSB, 2M FM and logged 65 valid QSOs from CN96 over a 3 hour period- using 5 watts or less to home-built antennas.   Radios: Yaesu FT-817, Elecraft KX3, Kenwood D-72.  Best DX was into VE7, British Columbia- approx 150-200 miles.   WX was about 45 degrees with low hanging clouds.  No view of Mt Rainier was had.  Photos by WT7N.