I need to go camping

[cardncubfan]

Ended up going to Aztec Peak...tried to get near the top but the road was impassable by snow. Not just me but the tire tracks I was driving in stopped and I couldn't get any further then the rest.



Doubled back and ended up staying in a spot on Reynolds Creek. Everything was swollen from the recent rain and snow runoff. I only saw a couple of people camping and didn't see a single person once I made camp.

Had almost no cell service....almost. Got a text on Sunday that one of my assistants was sick with fever and chest congestion so I had to load up a day early. That sucked more then I can explain but my boss promised me an extra couple days off next month.

I will say that sleeping in a hammock is some of the best nights sleep I have had camping as an adult. (Sleeping on the ground as a kid isnt a problem)

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I always take a cot now when I camp. It fits perfectly in my small tent & is way more comfortable than the ground. Nice set up & spot Hollywood.

 

[Hollywood]

I always take a cot now when I camp. It fits perfectly in my small tent & is way more comfortable than the ground. Nice set up & spot Hollywood.

Thanks. I could never get into cots. To flat and narrow. But maybe with a foam pad. I might have to look into the double cots and see if it might encourage my wife to come with me.

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[BigRedRage]

I'm a huge hammock camping fan these days for sure

 

[BigRedRage]

Thanks. I could never get into cots. To flat and narrow. But maybe with a foam pad. I might have to look into the double cots and see if it might encourage my wife to come with me.

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I have a double cot, it's not a ton different but I find it very comfortable. Also, yeah, a thermarest on top makes it even better

 

[Hollywood]

I'm a huge hammock camping fan these days for sure

I am still learning the nuances of it. Took me a while to find trees and need to get better at when and how to use my cover tarp. I basically had a wind tunnel this trip and don't think I even needed it this trip even though it was cold.

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[puckhead]

Hollywood is the ASFN Social Distancing Champion of March!

 

[LVG]

Getting into the start of camping season and I'm seriously wondering whether I can even go out camping.

It's not the camping part; it's the getting there and back. There's almost always a supply run and several refuels.

But I'd love to get out of this house for 4 days and just go be in the woods.

 

[LVG]

Coconino NF has closed all developed camping sites and has prohibited dispersed camping groups greater than 10.

https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd716589.pdf
https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd716583.pdf

 

[Hollywood]

I think I am going to try and make up for my last trip being cut short at the end of the month. Trying to make it a 5 day trip and go further then normal.

Thinking Alpine but the Grand Canyon just popped into my mind....but I think I heard they closed the park.

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[BigRedRage]

I'm hearing tonto is closed down. Sitgreaves says it is closed down but a friend was at a lake there yesterday.

 

[Hollywood]

I'm hearing tonto is closed down. Sitgreaves says it is closed down but a friend was at a lake there yesterday.

Tonto's website says it open to dispersed camping. I think its just the established campgrounds and public toilets that are closed. I would imagine Sitgreaves is similar.

 

[BigRedRage]

Tonto's website says it open to dispersed camping. I think its just the established campgrounds and public toilets that are closed. I would imagine Sitgreaves is similar.

That's good news. I'd like to go out camping in late april

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[Hollywood]

That's good news. I'd like to go out camping in late april

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It's a done deal for me. I already took the last weekend in April off. Friday, Monday and Tuesday. I dont think I have ever been on a 5 day camping trip....definitely havent as an adult.

Just need to decide where to go.

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[LVG]

Read the NFS orders. Usually (from what I've seen) only camping areas are closed. Dispersed camping is open.

If you have doubts, contact the local ranger/PAO (public affairs officer, who can get you the answers you need by going to the top) for clarification.

 

[Hollywood]

Read the NFS orders. Usually (from what I've seen) only camping areas are closed. Dispersed camping is open.

If you have doubts, contact the local ranger/PAO (public affairs officer, who can get you the answers you need by going to the top) for clarification.

I've seen the same thing. I was thinking about going over to the Alpine area but I have only been there once before. I am wondering if I should go somewhere I am more familiar with. I have only been the the Apache-Sitgreves NF the one time.

Open to suggestions if anyone has some.

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[LVG]

I've seen the same thing. I was thinking about going over to the Alpine area but I have only been there once before. I am wondering if I should go somewhere I am more familiar with. I have only been the the Apache-Sitgreves NF the one time.

Open to suggestions if anyone has some.

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In AZ, I’ve only been to Mingus and to the Coconinos outside of Williams. Highly recommend the Coconinos for dispersed camping.

 

[Hollywood]

In AZ, I’ve only been to Mingus and to the Coconinos outside of Williams. Highly recommend the Coconinos for dispersed camping.

Coconinos? Is that a lake or an area? Or just the forest?

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[LVG]

Coconinos? Is that a lake or an area? Or just the forest?

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Just a forest. There are some lakes up there off of forest roads.

 

[Hollywood]

Just a forest. There are some lakes up there off of forest roads.

Gotcha. A few trips ago I was looking at maps of the William's area but for some reason I never went. I remember there being more then a few lakes up there.

I will start looking around that area again. Any specific lakes that you remember?

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[LVG]

Gotcha. A few trips ago I was looking at maps of the William's area but for some reason I never went. I remember there being more then a few lakes up there.

I will start looking around that area again. Any specific lakes that you remember?

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Sorry, missed this. I didn't go to a lake next time, hope to go next time when they lift the campfire restrictions.

 

[LVG]

I'm heading back to Circleville Mountain tomorrow. It will be cold, but it is necessary at this point

 

[Dback Jon]

I'm heading back to Circleville Mountain tomorrow. It will be cold, but it is necessary at this point

That in Utah?

 

[LVG]

That in Utah?

Yes; outside of Beaver.

 

[Dback Jon]

Yes; outside of Beaver.

Delano Peak is on my to do list

 

[puckhead]

Yes; outside of Beaver.

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