Backpacking • Powers Garden recommendations
Anyone been in the Powers area of the Gailuros and know of the best hiking spots? Any other tips about the area?Statistics: Posted by azdesertfather — Feb 26 2024 11:00 pm
View ArticleBackpacking • Re: Powers Garden recommendations
Recent? I am no help there. Main route in is Deer Creek, tortilla trail down horse canyon to Garden. Should be pretty easy to follow. If you base camp Garden you can hit up the old cabin and mine area...
View ArticlePoems & Literature • Re: Looking for a book on the Goldfields
Great news. After searching everywhere for the last month or so I finally found a copy come for sale on Thrift books. It says it has shipped so I believe I will have a copy within a few days. Unless...
View ArticleBackpacking • For sale: Big Agnes pads - New
I am selling a couple of brand new tags attached B.A. Sleeping Pads. Both are 72" x 20" One is an Insulated Q-Core Deluxe (Now called the Boundary Deluxe) (4.25" thick) the Second is an Insulated Air...
View ArticleTrail Chat • Should Hikers Pay for Their Own Rescues? New Legislation In...
State legislators in Hawaii are fast-tracking a bill that would authorize the state to seek reimbursement from hikers who need rescue after venturing onto closed trails. But not everyone agrees it’s...
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Are the copter rides here billed?Statistics: Posted by Alston_Neal — Feb 28 2024 12:09 pm
View ArticleTrail Chat • "Ruins"
It looks like the word "ruins" is the latest cancel culture target. This is from the Coconino National Forest:"Yesterday, the sign at Elden Pueblo Project was officially changed to remove the word...
View ArticleTrail Chat • Re: "Ruins"
My Garmin watch measures my stress level thruout each day. 0-25 = Rest26-50 = Low51-75 = Medium76-100 = HighDay in and day out, I consistently average a stress level of 30-32. I attribute that in...
View ArticleBoat, Canoe, Kayak, etc... • Re: Death Valley open for kayaking? You’d better...
"Lake Manly" has now become “too shallow and too far from the road” to transport and launch watercraft without damaging the landscape, according to the NPS. Visitors are no longer able to bring a boat...
View ArticleFlora • Super Bloom 2024
Super bloom 2024? California wildflower blooms are shaping up to be spectacular.Wildflower blooms are usually especially stunning after a wet winter in the frequently dry West. Because last year was...
View ArticlePolitical Dumpster Fire • North Face for Offering 20 Percent Discount to...
Outdoor clothing and gear company The North Face has incited outrage among white people and conservatives with its United Kingdom-based digital course on allyship and racial inclusion, which the...
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Flora • Re: Super Bloom 2024
Maybe there will be an impressive bloom around Tucson, since it was so wet this winter, after all? A bloom, and not just an explosion of canyon ragweed. Statistics: Posted by Jim_H — Mar 07 2024 12:44...
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Political Dumpster Fire • Re: North Face for Offering 20 Percent Discount to...
I thought there was a potential 20% discount on that product line, but I see it is politics. Never mind.“In this particular context we refer to ‘white privilege’ meaning that your race and skin...
View ArticleWeather • Re: Recent Rains
Unexpectedly heavy recent rain today. Heading towards 1/2 an inch in my vicinity. Guess the poppies will be popping next week.Statistics: Posted by Jim_H — Mar 07 2024 5:51 pm
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Political Dumpster Fire • Words escape me.
Won't link this, just screen shots.Joe if this gets deleted I'll understand or if you want me to I will.This just makes me ill.Statistics: Posted by Alston_Neal — Mar 09 2024 1:57 pm
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Political Dumpster Fire • Re: Words escape me.
I hope those are eventually used as evidence.Statistics: Posted by big_load — Mar 09 2024 1:59 pm
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Geology • Re: Black Mesa (Kayenta) Geology
The Arizona Geological Survey at UArizona recently posted the following to their social media. The hyperlink citations lead to detailed online versions of the maps that I posted photographs of earlier...
View ArticleBackpacking • Eastern Supes Backpacking
Hey Gang! Making my annual spring training and supes trip this week and super pumped. Have backpacked about every trail in the western half and venturing out to the east half this trip. We are...
View ArticleBackpacking • Re: Eastern Supes Backpacking
@Alligatorjoe I hiked up Randolph Canyon from Reeds Water to Red Tanks last weekend and there was water flowing the whole way (and a ways below Reeds Water). Based on that, I'd feel pretty good about...
View ArticleFauna • Re: Bobcat sighting
An old story (from April 2018) as I read up on the Grand Enchantment Trail.The other guy, Square Pants, had had a crazy day, as he had been attacked by a bobcat. He showed us the big gash on his leg...
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