Well, just as I had whittled down some serious contenders our dates had to be switched (the good news is that good news caused us to switch the dates). We are now looking at mid-late December. My partner and I camped in Valley of the Gods two decembers ago and while we were able to deal with the col...

Great info everyone, thank you. For some reason I hadn't considered the Chiris being above 7k, but I know next to nothing about the area. And good to know Black River is just not an option given the way the trails work. So we are currently looking at Owl and Fish Canyons in Bears Ears, which appears...

@booksandhikes https://hikearizona.com/x.php?I=4&ZTN=326&UID=24537 I used to lead a hike I called "the Black River Wade." I've hiked many sections of that river, but not for many years. A friend tried to duplicate it last year, and couldn't find the trail. We would start at Bear C...

Our group is in early stages of planning a 3 night trip for late winter/early spring. We are a fairly experienced group and between us have been around much of Arizona, especially central Arizona and much of the Rim. We are looking at some locations in which most or all of us have not been and the C...