@big_load
All the more reason to do your #2 as fast as you can!

@azbackpackr
Do you have to hop when you wear them?

When I used to hike/backpack thru the Supes if I followed the cairns from one to the next I would be adding twice the length of the trail.
I would also know that BobP had not hiked this route before me!

My average yesterday was one and a two thirds of a inch!
Power Road & Germann in Queen Creek.....

Nobody has said the obvious so I will! In the middle of summer if you head up to Rogers Trough Trailhead or are returning from Rogers Trough Trailhead be aware that if something (anything) happens that will make you have to walk back you may just be ALONE all the way to the southern end of Forest Ro...

I Back Packed it in June as well but I did it to take in the longest day of the year to check things out at Circle Stone. However I hiked in and out in the dark in the wee hours of the morning. This was before the road was closed at Fish Creek so therefore I used the North Trail Head.

Why would you want to hike/backpack into Reavis? With the heat, no apples and no building to shelter in when it rains I recommend waiting until October and early November when you can enjoy the area as well. Just sayin.....

@chumley
We studied the sky as I recall and watched the weather accordingly or payed the price for misjudging it!

@DixieFlyer
Meanwhile Rome Burns!!!!!

Thank you HAZ Medic for watching out for us, much appreciated!

Had 1/2 inches overnight in Northwest Queen Creek.

Caused by smokers flipping their habit out the window?
Why not sue the company's that make them?

So, I went to the Forest Service today to ask if there is any 4 mile clear sailing reach a destination trails on the mountain. There was no one there who knew. From my experience the Forest Service is the last place I would ask a question about trail conditions anywhere within their system! They ar...

@hikeaz
They also don't know what the term AR means!

If your gonna need gas get it for free! Go siphon it out of somebody's car, preferably a car with a Biden for President sticker (if you can still find one)!

I recommend that whichever route you choose that you look for WATER SOURCES first as you hike and the ending trailhead second. Also leave with a friend your route and do not deviate from it in case you are overdue and the searchers and Sheriffs helicopter are looking for you where you are not and ne...

Are they looking for handouts, IE food that they shouldn't have because it's bad for them?

I have hiked them all in sections at a time. I recommend you drive to two trailheads and only hike far enough each way to known water sources. You can accomplish this in one day but it will be a full day unless there are two of you. Remember there are a LOT of ups and downs on this trail which will ...

Oh my word, what do you have to lose to gain first place?

The study of tree rings in the southwest include wooden beams the native people used to construct cliff dwellings where wind and rain left them untouched.