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by Howard70
Oct 21 2025 2:21 pm
Forum: Trail Chat
Topic: Fall/Winter 2025 - Southern Tinajas Altas Mountains
Replies: 2

Fall/Winter 2025 - Southern Tinajas Altas Mountains

For the last several years every winter we've spent a week or so camping, hiking & scrambling in the southern Tinajas Altas Mountains right along the US / Mexico border just west of the Cabeza Prieta Wildlife Area at the western part of the Camino del Diablo. Always had a great time & saw ne...
by Howard70
Dec 12 2017 6:31 pm
Forum: Boat, Canoe, Kayak, etc...
Topic: Packrafting trips in January
Replies: 22

Re: Packrafting trips in January

Whoa, wasted a Grand Canyon river permit taking out at Soap? Why not do the whole thing and do a lot of side hikes? Why Didn't I think of that? Seriously, I don't think the permit was "wasted" as my last partner was injured within a week of our launch date & refusing the trip would no...
by Howard70
Dec 11 2017 10:19 pm
Forum: Boat, Canoe, Kayak, etc...
Topic: Packrafting trips in January
Replies: 22

Re: Packrafting trips in January

... Have the San Francisco/Gila and Verde rivers on our list of strong possibilities. I've not done any sections of the San Francisco. I have done two sections of the Gila. One in Arizona (Old Safford Bridge to near Safford with a layover day for hike up Eagle Creek) and once in New Mexico (Nichols...
by Howard70
Dec 11 2017 5:40 pm
Forum: Boat, Canoe, Kayak, etc...
Topic: Packrafting trips in January
Replies: 22

Re: Packrafting trips in January

Two Suggestions: Black Canyon on Colorado: My wife and I were camped near Willow Beach below Boulder Dam on the Colorado in December of 2015. I watched NOAA weather reports until there were two days predicted S winds and launched from the beach S of the marina in a packraft. Had a great paddle of 10...

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