@chumley
Yes I did mean summerlike hikes, sorry for the confusion. Although, I would still be open to recommendations that do involve sleeping in the snow.

Looking for some recommendations on what are the favorite hikes to do during winter. I'm looking for something that's in Arizona although I'm open to honorable mentions if I'm ever in their area if they are out-of-state. Thanks in advance.

@SpiderLegs
Yeah I forgot to ask how much extra grass (if any) there would be because of the amazing monsoon season this year. My assumption is that grass overtook the sort of trail along the ridges.

Haha. I have always had this problem. I'll have to try it out. Thanks!

@chumley Thank you for the welcome! I have been following the site for about a year now. Seeing all the backcountry hikes are really interesting. (Probably never going to do them though. I like on trail stuff.) Who would prefer summer over winter when hiking in the desert?! I made a little gaiagps ...

Hey all, While looking at benchmarks near Rincon Peak I found "Turkey" ( https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=CZ1798 ). It is a benchmark with an azimuth and two reference marks. The datasheet only has one recovery from when it was monumented in 1936 by the National Coast an...