Due to the slide just south of FR27/Mt Ord Trailhead.... A stretch of northbound State Route 87 between the Phoenix and Payson areas will be closed or narrowed from Sunday night, Sept. 29, to Wednesday morning, Oct. 2, while crews remove boulders and debris from a rockslide that occurred next to the...

Wonder if this is why on Sept 18 Garmin also introduced pay as you go $8/month service plan for those only interested in the inreach SOS support but the other features are available for a few pennies but by the drink.

Y Bar was hot with flames visible from Beeline on Sunday.

ADOT published the closure dates which for HWY 67 for 2023 is the morning of Dec 4. Don't expect hwy reopening till at least May 15.

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@SJFL
Yes. There was a recent post here where it flashed and 10 people required rescue.

2021-11-19 [ Aravaipa East Entrance ]
2018-09-12 [ Aravaipa Flash Flood & Rescues ]

@nonot
At the bottom of the SRP managed dam they have a tiny garden variety spigot. They open it in the spring and close it in the fall per the SRP flow website to keep the creek from running totally dry.

Dam used to spill frequently after the winter melt per HAZ triplogs.

thank you as I'll check it out. @hiking_arizona Kendall Mountain isn't great, all jeep road and you can drive to the top. I'd recommend Columbine Lake/Pass, Island Lake (probably overcrowded now), Engineer Mountain (if you're OK with scrambling with exposure). If you want to drive a bit further and ...

I'm getting away due to the closures & heading for Durango and staying 4 days near Purgatory and looking for dayhike suggestions under 15 miles RT as I've reviewed many of the HAZ trip reports for the area and can't decide. Kendall Mountain looks interesting but beta so far is limited. Trailhead...

All this could be true but it doesn't change my basic feelings. If I I go out for a hike I don't want to accidentally run into a bunch of people in a race, or their accompanying vehicular or pedestrian entourages. I doubt many even noticed a few extra people as from the spot tracker they were all m...

what does the modified closure allow? is that just fr143?

So is the Bush Fire closure over as fr143 is open?

FR143 gate and road was also open for business from the Beeline side.

All other roads from the Beeline were still gated and closed.

friend just suggested we look into dayhiking Blue on Sunday but what's cleared and 12 to 15 miles with a good climb?

thank you.

like others have noted i have also found HAZ Route Scout on Android to be more accurate than my modern GPS.

Use the GPS only for messaging and so that family can track progress from my Garmin GPS Inreach beacon.

HAZ RS Rocks.

Any truth to the rumor GPSJOE carried 2 GPS devices.

RIP GPSJOE

light is nearest mile post 212 from my drive down Friday night after my detour to Roosevelt Lake to checkout the huge smoke plume and pyrocumulus cloud. from what I could tell it was from the new Hidden fire which was only listed at 4,500 acres but was belching tons of smoke and has hwy 188 area on ...

I noticed many new pink patches in that area on my beeline drive as well as one of the nearby peaks is quite pink from the retardant.

Entire Bush Fire burn area is going remain closed possibly into next year per USFS Mesa office.

Per Cave Creek office the Tonto will reopen Friday morning-July 31.

No word yet on the burn area reopening.

Heard from USFS that AZ Game & Fish is monitoring for possible problem bear reported off https://hikearizona.com/decoder.php?ZTN=17673 by backpacking couple who lost a pack to a bear while camped near Lee Valley Lake . AZ Game & Fish would like to be notified in general of any unusual bear e...