Have you hike Alta Vista? crystalh@cox.net wrote: > Guy emailed me off list with some South Mountain suggestions. I live in Laveen, so S. Mtn is really the only hiking I've done in the valley except for Squaw Peak. I love the north side because is is so less congested. > > Thanks for the info on the Wilderness area and ways to get around paying for parking. That'll be helpful when we do the Supers in a few weeks! > > Thanks to everyone for all the suggestions. If anyone has any more, I'd be happy to hear about them! > > Crystal > ---- Team Sprocket wrote: > Don't forget that geocaches are not allowed in the Superstition Wilderness > Area (or any Wilderness Area, for that matter.) If you plan to "drop" a > cache while you're out hiking and looking for others, you should keep that > in mind. There are a number of caches in the area between Lost Dutchman > Park and the Wilderness Boundary though. To avoid the fee for the privelege > of 'parking' at Lost Dutchman Park, I'd recommend one of the trailhead > parking areas along First Water Road. > > > I'm surprised no one has mentioned South Mountain as a hiking/caching > location within 20 minutes of Phoenix. South Mountain Park is the largest > municipal park in the country (if not the world) and (at least the last time > I was there) there is no use fee. There are miles and miles of trails and > possible elevation changes of over 1000 feet. It's in the heart of the city > and sees heavy traffic but as you get further into the interior you will > forget you are in the city. There are a couple of bookmark lists detailing > South Mountain caches which would indicate that there are between 50 and 80 > active caches in the area. A carefully planned hiking/caching trip could > give easily give even a moderately experienced hiker a dozen cache finds in > a day of hiking. My biggest complaint with the park is the fact that it > closes at night and you have to wait for the gates to open in the morning to > access the main trailheads but, if you know where to go, you can avoid that > inconvenience. > > Regards, > -- Sprocket > > > >> Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:44:00 -0400 >> From: >> Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Hiking in Phoenix area >> To: listserv@azgeocaching.com >> Cc: Susan King >> Message-ID: <20080925174400.J8A16.484006. imail@fed1rmwml41> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 >> >> Wow! That Siphon Draw trail looks awesome! I've been wanting to do some >> in the Superstitions, too. Thanks!! >> >> > > -- > -Crystal > > > "Vision without action is a daydream; action without vision is a nightmare" - Japanese proverb > > ____________________________________________________________ > Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com > To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > Arizona's Geocaching Resource > http://www.azgeocaching.com > > > > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (5.5.1.322) > Database version: 5.10780e > http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor/ > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (5.5.1.322) Database version: 5.10780e http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor/