[Az-Geocaching] Winter camping - where?

[Brian Casteel]

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We camped overnight on day 2 at Sawtooth Lake, which I believe settled us in
at close to 9,900' elevation.  A storm rolled through right after we all
went to bed for the night, and we woke up to sub-freezing temps and ice
covering everything the next morning.  Stage 1 fire restrictions prevented
our building a campfire, but we managed.  As the sun rose in the morning,
the views and changing environment were picturesque.  I can't wait for that
trip again this summer.

 

Brian

 

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From: az-geocaching-bounces at listserv.azgeocaching.com
[mailto:az-geocaching-bounces at listserv.azgeocaching.com] On Behalf Of Jake
Olson
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 10:51 AM
To: listserv at azgeocaching.com
Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Winter camping - where?

 

The only true "winter camping" I did as a scout was a trip up to Mormon Lake
in the middle of january.  We went past the lake and hiked up the side of a
mountain for a ways.  There was about a foot to a foot and a half of snow we
had to deal with. 

The only other camping trip that came close was a couple of trips to Beaver
High Base during the month of july.  When the elevation is over 10,000 feet,
it doesn't matter what the month is, it's still dang cold.  I still cringe
at the thought of having to qualify for the water activities by swimming a
quarter mile in the lake up there.  At 10,000 feet, the water wasn't cold,
it was "DAMN COLD!". 

Oh yeah, on the trip up to Mormon Lake, I remember on advisor had a 4x4
Subaru station wagon, but the other advisor had a compact 4 door car... I
don't remember the model, but I remember it didn't like altitudes above
9,000 feet.  We usually had to hike an extra mile or so because that car
didn't like the thin air.  The 4x4 station wagon didn't have any ground
clearance, it was only useful when driving on ice or mud, and not much at
that. 

Jake - Team A.I.

On 1/25/07, Brian Casteel <bcasteel at uccinc.net> wrote:

Your rule #3 just screwed up my ideas...way to go

Brian
Team A.I.

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[mailto:az-geocaching-bounces at listserv.azgeocaching.com] On Behalf Of Steven
Stringham
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 9:53 AM
To: listserv at azgeocaching.com
Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Winter camping - where?

I want to go out winter camping with a small batch of scouts. We need a
good spot.

1) With snow if possible.
2) 2x4 accessible (clearance OK- just not 4x4) 
3) Within a couple of hours from Phoenix.


Any good recommendations?

Thanks
Steven Stringham
StringCachers

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