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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nAccording to the map, you can normally drive almost to the top of the mountain. We were blocked by downed trees, and lacking a chainsaw, ended up backing out a ways until we found a reasonable pull off. Leaving the car there, we followed the two-track up the hill, zigging and zagging to avoid the downed trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To the left of the road, there’s a barbed wire fence. Sometimes, the fence is hidden under a pile of fallen logs. If you cross over the fence here without realizing it, you may be further up when you need to cut right and there’s a fence in the way. In general, I would stay to the right (Western) side of the road as you climb up it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the top, you’ll dead end into another fence. We were initially disappointed, only to stick our head over the fence to notice a bunch of signs telling us to close the gate – there’s a wire loop right next to a tree that lets you move a chunk of fence. Make sure you close it behind you. The view coming back down the trail, with the actual “gate mechanism” off to the right of the sign:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Follow the now overgrown two-track another couple hundred feet to the top. There’s a big flat open spot, with some smallish trees, and tons of wildflowers. The views are mostly obscured by trees, but it’s a fine HF site. Like Williams Peak, I hadn’t heard any traffic on the 2m\/70cm simplex calling frequencies all day, and didn’t bother trying – there are significantly taller mountains between you and where most people live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was fairly late in the day at this point, so Tim & I quickly got our contacts and headed back down. Along the road, we passed several campsites that could make for some nice laid-back car-camping. Besides a first activation and 4 points, the main attraction to this mountain was that it was easy – the road the entire way up is reasonable, the hike is short and not especially steep (roughly a quarter mile and 150 feet vertical from where we found parking), and it’s a nice HF site. I wouldn’t make a return trip just for Dice Hill, but if I was activating anything else in the area would happily tack it on a nice way to close out my day.<\/p>\n \n W0C\/PR-120Dice Hill3003 m \/ 9853 ftFirst Activation: June 20, 2021With N0TZW By N3ALT Dice Hill is an easily accessible summit North of Silverthorne, that you can almost drive up. Following our activation of W0C\/PR-077 (Williams Peak), Tim (N0TZW) and I … Continue reading <\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n \n\n!! WARNING !! There are old<\/b> mountaineers, and \nbold<\/b> mountaineers... there are no old-bold mountaineers. \nHiking and mountain climbing are potentially hazardous activities particularly in Colorado with its extreme elevations. I am not accepting responsibility for any death or injury resulting from activations based on my trip reports. Proper training, experience, and personal capability assessment is required - enjoy!\n<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"