joebartels wrote: ↑

Jul 20 2019 8:14 pm

Royal Arch down creek to Elves Chasm is a serious rappel.

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(Note how they 'spin' it to say cesspool as opposed to 'septic tank' which is the more common nomenclature). Playing the 'headline game' to appeal to those who feel they are 'too busy' to educate themselves. They use the term "cesspool" because that is the term the EPA used in the press release as ...

Less and less campgrounds, higher and higher NFS budgets - Who loses? Guess... https://ktar.com/story/2656284/epa-orders-closures-of-15-cesspools-in-arizona-national-forests/ (Note how they 'spin' it to say cesspool as opposed to 'septic tank' which is the more common nomenclature). Playing the 'hea...

Lame video, but it appears that there are still SOME trees..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxV0YNTumP8 Also ran across this brief, recent trip report from about June 20th... The video may have been BEFORE Coldwater... "The Coldwater fire went through this area a week or so ago. It is sad to see...

Never seen the gub'ment fight so hard for citizens' 'safety'.... Eight $MILLION collected from a city of just 15,000. Florida's auditor general has caught a city misusing red light camera cash and other funds belonging to the state. According to a report released on June 28, Opa-Locka, a city of 15...

Since 1990 the population of Arizona has doubled . Can anyone think of a NEW F.S. campground being built/established? I can think of many that have CLOSED, some 'remodeled'; but any NEW ones? I see new USFS buildings, many, many new FS Vehicles (usually parked), but new CAMPGROUNDS? :-k Where are th...

There is free camping off of Harris Mtn. Rd as well as some sites on Telephone Canyon Rd.. and Champion Road which is also called Road 203. From July3, 201 5 "Spring Mountains National Recreation Area is expected to fill up fast this holiday weekend, and there just aren’t enough developed campsites ...

June 4 - 2019 LEES FERRY, Ariz. — A longtime fly fishing outfitter on the Colorado River is now offering a new way to explore the river. Kayak Horseshoe Bend i s a service of Lees Ferry Anglers, a licensed guide service owned and operated on the Colorado River by Terry and Wendy Gunn. The Gunn’s hav...

The Gila County Sheriff’s Office issued an evacuation alert for the Roosevelt Lake area as the Woodbury Fire edged closer to inhabited property. (Fire is now >50,000 acres)

The Fireline 'Trail'https://hikearizona.com/decoder.php?ZTN=16302 was a bulldozer 'cut' from a fire fighting effort in 1966 (Iron Fire). The Iron Mountain Burn in 1966 destroyed most of the tall timber south of the Reavis Ranch toward Reavis Gap. I think they lost about 2,000 acres of Ponderosa pine...

I have camped at Ferry Swale a few times and used Colorado River Discovery for about $50 for 2 with canoe and gear and (on the side) we had, in the past had a boatman pick up items in Page overnight & deliver the next day- YRMV.. HOWEVER... WRA* has more recently cornered the market on this stretch ...

Media always seem to hype the 'water' issue...none of these trails are long or arduous to become 'critically' dehydrated in just an hour or two. My senses If I had any) would point to heat stroke. Regardless of THIS outcome, the media could do the recreational hiker base a service by being education...

Massachusetts: (Scummy) Ticket Quota Cop Wants To Avoid Jail Time Daren DeJong...A former Massachusetts state trooper who admitted he ripped off federal taxpayers (lied) and issued bogus speeding tickets (stole) is now begging a US District Court judge for leniency. Daren DeJong, 57, took home a ne...

36 261.58 Occupancy and use. When provided by an order, the following are prohibited: (a)Camping for a period longer than allowed by the order. (b) Entering or using a developed recreation site or portion thereof. (c) Entering or remaining in a campground during night periods prescribed in the order...

If you do not hear back here, I would call the BCO. They are significantly better than most gubment types about maintaining current beta. I have been 4 times....I am not sure that the 'rappel' needs gear. It is a short down-climb (handline & gloves advised), looking at first glance much more dauntin...

The eastern Sups are much less-traveled and have more trees (although not up to the Rim's crop). Loop hikes are possible. You may consider heading there.

Also, might come in handy....
http://techland.time.com/2011/01/13/goo ... s-spanish/

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Comments close April 1st (No foolin') Comment form link > https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZG8N3XG The Arizona Department of Transportation, in partnership with the Federal Highway Administration and the Maricopa Association of Governments, is studying and designing preliminary concepts for improvemen...

sidhayes wrote: ↑

Mar 22 2019 6:47 pm

@SAMBA
Have a pen? Write the WH and try to have it reversed.

Yep! Always better to light a candle than curse the darkness....