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Danno0209Guides: 0 | Official Routes: 0Triplogs Last: none | RS: 0Water Reports 1Y: 0 | Last: never - Joined: Aug 08 2015 6:16 pm
- City, State: Scottsdale, AZ
New to the area!
Hey everyone! I just moved to the Phoenix area from northern Michigan. I did quite a bit of weekend backpacking trips back home but it seems to be a whole new ball game out here, a bit overwhelming really! I'd really like to get out on some trips but I don't really know where the good spots are, when the best times to go are, or if there's different gear I need/don't need out here. I wouldn't say I'm a beginner but I'd like to try something a little easier for my first trip here to see how I do on different terrain and higher temps. Any info would be greatly appreciated! Maybe even someone would be willing to take me out on a trip and show me around a bit! Thanks, Dan
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kingsnakeGuides: 117 | Official Routes: 114Triplogs Last: 4 d | RS: 0Water Reports 1Y: 3 | Last: 96 d - Joined: Dec 20 2010 7:14 am
- City, State: Sunnyslope, PHX
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Re: New to the area!
From one extreme to the other ... 
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Danno0209Guides: 0 | Official Routes: 0Triplogs Last: none | RS: 0Water Reports 1Y: 0 | Last: never
- Joined: Aug 08 2015 6:16 pm
- City, State: Scottsdale, AZ
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@kingsnake
That's for sure!!
That's for sure!!
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JasonCleghornGuides: 0 | Official Routes: 4Triplogs Last: 834 d | RS: 8Water Reports 1Y: 0 | Last: 834 d - Joined: Nov 11 2014 1:03 pm
- City, State: Manchester, NH
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Re: New to the area!
Danno0209, as someone that moved here in October but has hiked ~400 miles since, welcome. It seems overwhelming but it really isn't. As you have discovered, HAZ is a WONDERFUL resource. Send me a PM and maybe next weekend I could take you out somewhere.
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"It's not the mountains that we conquer, but ourselves"
"It's not the mountains that we conquer, but ourselves"
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big_loadGuides: 0 | Official Routes: 1Triplogs Last: 596 d | RS: 3Water Reports 1Y: 0 | Last: 2,485 d - Joined: Oct 28 2003 11:20 am
- City, State: Andover, NJ
Re: New to the area!
I envy people who are getting to hike in AZ for the first time. There is unlimited fun to be had.
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johnlpGuides: 1 | Official Routes: 5Triplogs Last: 6 d | RS: 2Water Reports 1Y: 0 | Last: 1,744 d - Joined: Mar 16 2008 7:12 pm
- City, State: chandler,az
Re: New to the area!
Since you live in Scottsdale, the McDowells are a good close place to hike. Early morning the trails on the west side are shaded. Bell Pass, Windgate, Tom's Thumb, many more.
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JimGuides: 73 | Official Routes: 36Triplogs Last: 8 d | RS: 67Water Reports 1Y: 9 | Last: 144 d - Joined: Sep 08 2006 8:14 pm
Re: New to the area!
Just think, you, too, could be a new transplant to Arizona!big_load wrote:I envy people who are getting to hike in AZ for the first time. There is unlimited fun to be had.
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SAMBAGuides: 0 | Official Routes: 2Triplogs Last: 2,346 d | RS: 0Water Reports 1Y: 0 | Last: never - Joined: Oct 02 2009 12:59 pm
- City, State: Tucson, AZ
Re: New to the area!
I felt like the proverbial "Jew wandering in the desert" for nigh on 40 years until I moved to the desert in '93 (Tucson). It's been the Land of Milk and Honey since. Well, at least since I discovered hikearizona.com in aught '8.
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SuperstitionGuyGuides: 0 | Official Routes: 0Triplogs Last: 1,598 d | RS: 0Water Reports 1Y: 0 | Last: never - Joined: Dec 25 2005 8:24 pm
- City, State: Queen Creek, Arizona
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Yes Arizona can get milk and honey sticky but HAZ does help you ease through it.SAMBA wrote:It's been the Land of Milk and Honey since. Well, at least since I discovered hikearizona.com in aught '8.
A man's body may grow old, but inside his spirit can still be as young and restless as ever.
- Garth McCann from the movie Second Hand Lions
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- Garth McCann from the movie Second Hand Lions
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Current avatar courtesy of Snakemarks
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- City, State: Andover, NJ
Re: New to the area!
I think it's only a matter of time. The countdown hasn't quite started, but it won't be long.Jim_H wrote:Just think, you, too, could be a new transplant to Arizona!big_load wrote:I envy people who are getting to hike in AZ for the first time. There is unlimited fun to be had.
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