Activating EA8/TF-005 Montaña del Cedro - 2265m

 A pleasant straightforward ascent and amazing summit worth 10 SOTA points

I parked at the viewpoint as marked on the map and walked south east on the road to a right hand turning through a vehicle boom and well made track beyond.

 

I followed the green track shown above (SOTL.as) to the summit.  It  starts as a vehicle track, then a right turn up a well trodden path marked with ocasional Cairns along the way, steep in parts but technically straightforward.
 

The summit is flat with plenty of space to activate and affords amazing views.  I set up my sotapole and bandhopper near the summit cairn using rocks to anchor the ends.

I had been in touch with Fraser MM0EFI who was holidaying on Gran Canaria and we coordinated our activations to achieve a summit to summit on 2m (EA8/GC-001), the first one in the log.

Two more 2m QSOs were followed by another S2S on 20m SSB with EA1EBJ/P in mainland Spain.  I then managed a further 13 SSB QSOs on 20m, including 2 S2S with Fritz EA8/HB9CYX/P and Hans EA8/HB9BQU/P both on Gran Canaria GC-010.

A very pleasant hike and summit to start the day... next on to EA8/TF-007 Cruz de gala >>