Dixie Mountain (W6/CN-006) SOTA Activation - 12/31/2011

Once I climbed out of the shaded forest and into the sun further up, the snow got a lot thinner and I could finally ease off the gas. Whew! This turn in the final set of switchbacks is about 200 vertical feet below the summit so I parked and began my hike from here. The summit is actually to the right of where the camera is looking, there is another switchback up at the top of the snowy slope in the photo.