Backpacking • Best route to South Bass
Hi Im headed to the South Bass trailhead next week. In the past few years Ive ridden a mt. bike from the reservation gate to the trailhead. From the gate Ive followed the dirt road/track that is...
View ArticleBackpacking • Blue Range Primitive in May
Looking to do 4-5 nights in Blue Range Primitive in mid-May. Anyone know how low night time temps get during that time? Want to pack as light as possible, but want to be warm enough as well....
View ArticleLost & Found • Found Rainfly Labarge Creek
We found a Rainfly hiking out from the box along Labarge Creek. (3-30). It is bright green and looks to be quite new.Statistics: Posted by davidsnaz — Mar 30 2024 9:39 pm — Replies 0 — Views 37
View ArticleGeneral • Map of the Goldfields?
Anyone know of any map(s) of the Goldfields that is available for sale? I had good luck tracking down a book of the hiking trails. Now the other half (eye roll) is looking for a bigger, fold-up style...
View ArticleTrail Chat • Mount Elden & Fatman's Trailhead Closure
The popular trails won't be closed, but the trailhead parking, which will undergo expansion, will be closed until June. Access will be via a short spur trail from the ranger station....
View ArticleBackpacking • Musing about trying Y-Bar, MDT, Rock Creek again
Am preparing to drive to Texas for the Eclipse. So this might be my typical overly-optimistic enthusiasm. But within a week after my planned return (Wednesday), I would like to try the loop from...
View ArticleShelter, Bags & Camp • Big Agnes' Policy on "replacement" pole...
A pole segment recently broke on my (2019) Copper Spur UL HV-1 tent. It was the segment that goes into the hub at the narrow end of the tent.That segment is under a lot of tension because that end of...
View ArticleFauna • Rabid fox in the News
While searching online for more info about the dead backpacker that @BiFrost found, I tripped across this recent story about a rabid fox attacking hikers on the Hugh Norris Trail in Saguaro National...
View ArticleTrail Chat • Hackberry Spring
Mostly out of curiosity, does anyone know if Hackberry Springs loop in tonto/superstitions has water year round?Statistics: Posted by GanoesParan — Apr 13 2024 4:26 pm — Replies 1 — Views 57
View ArticleIn the news... • Men caught on camera destroying protected rock formations at...
“Why would you even do something like this, like why on Earth would you do this?,” questioned John Haynes, Public Information Officer Lake Mead National Recreation Area after seeing video of two men...
View ArticlePoems & Literature • The 50 Best Hiking, Trekking, and Walking Books of...
You can’t hike all the time. Most of us need to make a living, for instance. But that’s why there are books about hiking. And backpacking, and mountaineering, and tramping, and walking. When you’re...
View ArticleIn the news... • Colorado’s 14ers lost a couple feet after federal scientists...
New ways to measure sea level means a humbling but not a total loss for the 14ers list, NOAA says.https://coloradosun.com/2024/04/18/colo ... loss-noaa/Statistics: Posted by Pivo — Apr 19 2024 5:01 am...
View ArticleFlora • Pando
Learn something new everyday, and it's in Utah!https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/fishlake ... RDB5393641Statistics: Posted by RedRoxx44 — Apr 20 2024 6:31 pm — Replies 0 — Views 57
View ArticleTrail Chat • Grant Creek Trail #305, AZ :: Question by PatrickL
Anyone have any "somewhat recent" insight on hiking this trail from Fort Grant to Cunningham CG? Reports from a couple years ago don't sound promising. Hoping someone has been up there in the last...
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Fatalities • Missing Rafter : Lee's Ferry
Missing man and dog may have taken wooden raft down river in Grand Canyon, rangers sayhttps://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-worl ... 88155.htmlStatistics: Posted by kingsnake — Apr 24 2024 5:13 pm —...
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