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New to the area!
Posted: Aug 08 2015 6:26 pm
by Danno0209
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
Re: New to the area!
Posted: Aug 08 2015 6:41 pm
by kingsnake
From one extreme to the other ...
Re: New to the area!
Posted: Aug 08 2015 6:45 pm
by Danno0209
@kingsnake
That's for sure!!
Re: New to the area!
Posted: Aug 08 2015 8:09 pm
by JasonCleghorn
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.
Re: New to the area!
Posted: Aug 08 2015 8:39 pm
by big_load
I envy people who are getting to hike in AZ for the first time. There is unlimited fun to be had.
Re: New to the area!
Posted: Aug 10 2015 6:37 pm
by johnlp
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.
Re: New to the area!
Posted: Aug 11 2015 7:58 am
by Jim
big_load wrote:I envy people who are getting to hike in AZ for the first time. There is unlimited fun to be had.
Just think, you, too, could be a new transplant to Arizona!
Re: New to the area!
Posted: Aug 11 2015 8:23 am
by SAMBA
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.
Re: New to the area!
Posted: Aug 11 2015 8:40 am
by SuperstitionGuy
SAMBA wrote:It's been the Land of Milk and Honey since. Well, at least since I discovered hikearizona.com in aught '8.
Yes Arizona can get milk and honey sticky but HAZ does help you ease through it.
Re: New to the area!
Posted: Aug 11 2015 8:43 am
by big_load
Jim_H wrote:big_load wrote:I envy people who are getting to hike in AZ for the first time. There is unlimited fun to be had.
Just think, you, too, could be a new transplant to Arizona!
I think it's only a matter of time. The countdown hasn't quite started, but it won't be long.