@big_load Four days driving is all the way cross country!

https://hikearizona.com/p.php?ID=143 Surprised this isn't already a topic. Anyway ... 6+ months: f 3/12 - NE - McDowell Mountain Regional Park (7.0 mi, 450 AEG, 4.0 Hrs) (2023-11) f 3/19 - SW - Estrella Mountain Regional Park (9.0 mi, 350 AEG, 5.0 Hrs) (2022-12) f 3/26 - N - Lake Pleasant Regional P...

From OP: "I assume a camper upstream tossed it into the river from his firepit. The timing was perfect as I just hit record just as it came into view."

https://x.com/baronvongrimm/status/1865110748181024825

The Payson RD is implementing an Emergency Closure Order for East Webber Trail #289 & eastern portions of Geronimo Trail #240 to protect public health & safety due to post wildfire danger associated w/ the #WestFire effective 10/25/24 at 6 p.m. - 8/31/25 unless rescinded. https://x.com/Tonto...

"Globe Ranger District is implementing a National Forest Service Road (NFSR) 287 Area Closure on #TontoNF. Please be aware that portions of NFSR 3037 and Haunted Canyon Trail, which bound the Described Area, will also be closed." "The purpose of this Order is to prevent risk to public...

"... 67th Avenue and Happy Valley Road. When officers arrived, they were told by a witness they believed there were human remains on a remote area on a mountain ..."

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@Mountain_Rat You'd think they would have done it a two years ago when they were doing the rest of Dreamy Draw.

Also, the sidewalk is fine, so I dunno ...

Saw a sign this morning, near the ped bridge over AZ-51

Sand Stone Fire area, west of 87 in Mazatzals, closed until 9/30: https://x.com/TontoForest/status/1829868976299741559

If you were in the area at lunchtime, yesterday ...

https://www.azfamily.com/2024/08/12/2-m ... tolen-suv/

Looks like Thomas Lee Robison's remains have been found: https://www.azfamily.com/2024/05/14/man ... ng-rafter/

Missing man and dog may have taken wooden raft down river in Grand Canyon, rangers say

https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-worl ... 88155.html

@rcorfman There's a gate on the east end of FR 1058 as well? Is it locked? I was wondering about that. On sat view, FR 1058 looks rough. I did check Maricopa County lots & property records, and the ranch is actually six lots: five owned by the same family trust, the sixth (at the northern tip) ...

I called the Tonto National Forest to check on the status of FR 1058. They confirmed that while they do control the road outside the ranch, the bit that within the ranch's boundaries is in fact private property. Do with that information what you will. FR 1058 does connect to Horseshoe Dam Rd. (~3.5 ...

Anybody been up FR 1058 the last six years? Access still clear from Cave Creek Rd to the powerlines? How's the road surface, SUV-able?

"Lion Springs Improvement Project" will add one lane, each direction, to the only 2-lane portion of 260 between Star Valley and the top of the Rim.

This is the info page: https://azdot.gov/projects/northcentral ... nt-project

@joebartels 80 mph suicide lanes will be AWESOME!

@azbackpackr Iron King Trail. Highlight is the old mini-railroad cars along it. :-)

There's a section in Prescott, and a section in Chino Valley, but at one time it stopped for a few miles near the airport. They got money about a year ago to reroute around the airport and connect the two sections. Every couple of months, I try googling for updates and find nothing. Anybody have a c...