Small Transport
Flight Crew Private; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50; Flight Crew Total 2200; Flight Crew Type 1200
Distraction; Communication Breakdown; Situational Awareness
Airspace Violation All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Airspace Structure; Human Factors
On climb out I made a right turn to fly up the canyon southeast of Ogden towards Heber City. I normally contact Hill tower for a transition through their delta surface area for this flight. I attempted to contact Hill tower; but they were not open. As I was distracted figuring this out; I received a terrain alert from the aircraft as I was approaching rising terrain. I pulled up and made a sharp right turn to resolve this; in so doing I crossed into SLC's Bravo airspace briefly without clearance. The main cause was my erroneous assumption that Hill tower is a 24/7 operation as many military towers I have previously dealt with in the area. A contributing factor is the tight arrangement of the airspace in and around Ogden/Hill area that does not allow VFR to pass between the mountains and the airspace without clearance.
A general aviation pilot reported an airspace violation and a terrain alert while climbing out from Ogden Utah.