[Az-Geocaching] Winter camping - where?

Thu Jan 25 15:16:09 MST 2007

Yes--It's on Organizational Ridge near the Palisades Ranger station.

There's a few caches near the camp as well--Bear Country Jamboree (missing last I checked), and another that's a beautiful hike down the Palisades Trail (perhaps 1 miles).

Jeff B.

-----Original Message-----
>From: joe Highley <joehighley at hotmail.com>
>Sent: Jan 25, 2007 12:54 PM
>To: listserv at azgeocaching.com
>Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Winter camping - where?
>
>There is a Boy Scout camp on Mt. Lemmon... I think
>
>
>>From: "MEL HOCKWITT" <melhockwitt at msn.com>
>>Reply-To: listserv at azgeocaching.com
>>To: listserv at azgeocaching.com
>>Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Winter camping - where?
>>Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:33:41 -0700
>>
>>There is should be camping on Mt. Lemmon in Tucson. Right now they have
>>about 2 feet of snow in the area. I would check on that.
>>Mel
>>
>>
>> >From: "Brian Casteel" <bcasteel at uccinc.net>
>> >Reply-To: listserv at azgeocaching.com
>> >To: <listserv at azgeocaching.com>
>> >Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Winter camping - where?
>> >Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:19:07 -0700
>> >
>> >http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v318/b_casteel/Project%20JEEP/Fun/08-13-06
>> >%20Morrison%20Conservation%20Trip/?start=all
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >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
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >   _____
>> >
>> >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.
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: az-geocaching-bounces at listserv.azgeocaching.com
>> >[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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