Challenging hike through dense forrest with limited space at the summit under the canopy, 6 SOTA points
Paso can be approached from the North West or the South East - I chose the latter and parked in a layby along the road from the start of the ascent:
The path I took is marked on SOTLas maps as part of the PR-TF3 trail and is well worn initially. The map then shows a departure up a steep incline which I found difficult to find, and had to use some judgement as to when to start clumbing up the steep slope. From this point the summit is simply found by continuing to climb upwards (perhaps obvious!) but choosing the route to avoid very dense forrest, loose sliding ground and thorny bushes was quite challenging. Long trousers, gloves and sunglasses provided some protection from the trees!
The summit is well marked by a large trig marker and a welcome relief when it came into sight!
Space to set up an HF antenna is very limited so I again limited the bandhopper span to the 20m section only and anchored the ends to tree branches, my pole tied to the trig marker to give the centre what height I could get under the canopy.
I magaged 8 SSB qsos on 20m, including 2 summit-to-summits.
The descent was also difficult as again the route was not obvious. I followed the track on SOTLas as closely as possible and was glad to find the well walked TF-03 track back to the car.
Next activations TF-008 Taborno (previously activated)>> and then TF-004 El Sombrero >>
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