Saturday 11 May 2019

Ladbrooks Hill ZL3/CB-618 11 May 2019

First activation of this hill along with John ZL3MR.
It's a nice walk - permission required from the landowner for the first part of the track which crosses private land. You can do it all via the conservation area but it's a very steep and largely unformed start to the track.

Weather was great - unlike the rest of Christchurch which was swathed in low cloud, we were warm, sunny and no wind!
Plenty of contacts on 2m and HF, including two all the way to the USA! We both activated the summit successfully.

Bare pipe trig, covered in scrub

Panorama showing a clagged in Canterbury Plains