|
View previous topic :: View next topic |
Author |
Message |
roger
Joined: 13 Aug 2003 Posts: 262 Location: phoenix
|
Posted: 2/9/2005, 5:13 pm Post subject: SUPES TRAIL ROADS |
|
|
|
|
I will be out in the Gold Canyon area on Sat. to see a client and was going to take advantage to do a little hiking. (yes even in the rain) My question is for all those easterners (Heat, Trish,HIG, CK1,JW, etc), what are the road conditions like in the rain for the "southern" trailheads (peralta, roger's canyon, etc) FR177, FR72. I have a sedan or can take the van.
roger _________________ - you are what you do - |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Arizonaheat Got Supes Juice?
Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 1741 Location: Mesa, AZ
|
Posted: 2/9/2005, 5:48 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
First Water should be good.
If it rains three inches or so you may need high clearance for Peralta where it crosses the washes.
If it rains three inches Rogers Trough will be inacessable.
Rogers took it in the shorts from the last storm and I highly doubt they have had the money to rebuild it , no chance in a car anymore even in perfect conditions. _________________ Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but by how we react to what happens, not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Trishness The Snake Charmer
Joined: 21 Sep 2003 Posts: 2530 Location: Apache Jct, AZ
|
Posted: 2/9/2005, 6:44 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
Roger,
I was just at First Water this past Sunday and the road was the best I've seen it in years. My little Ford Fungus tooled along at 30 MPH and as hard as I tried, I couldn't break anything
I think you'll be fine on that road this weekend, even with the heavy rain that's expected. You'll probably just have to slow down a bit for the washes.
_________________ ~~~Trish~~~
"Eastward the dawn rose, ridge behind ridge into the morning, and vanished out of eyesight into guess; it was no more than a glimmer blending with the hem of the sky, but it spoke to them, out of the memory and old tales, of the high and distant mountains." � J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of The Rings. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
roger
Joined: 13 Aug 2003 Posts: 262 Location: phoenix
|
Posted: 2/9/2005, 9:29 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
Heat, Trish
Thanks for the info, my first choice is Peralta area, but I may have to settle for 1st Water.
roger _________________ - you are what you do - |
|
Back to top |
|
|
terricita10
Joined: 26 Jan 2004 Posts: 46
|
Posted: 2/10/2005, 8:32 am Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
Was just at Peralta yesterday and it was perfectly dry, a little washboardy. But not bad, vans and cars were on it. "Course" if it rains, like Heat said, there will be water in the washes.
Terri _________________ Would rather be out there! |
|
Back to top |
|
|
JW I'll make rain with my spaceman powers!
Joined: 20 Sep 2003 Posts: 1296
|
Posted: 2/10/2005, 8:46 am Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
I was on Peralta Mon/Tues and the Cartoon Car survived OK. However, three inches of water would make a couple places risky. But that applies to First Water, too. Maybe consider hiking from Broadway TH.
Hi Cactuscat :) _________________ What a magnificent time to LIVE! - Everett Ruess.
Since my house burned down, I now own a better view of the rising moon. - Masahide. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Daryl
Joined: 07 Feb 2003 Posts: 1168 Location: Everett, Washington
|
Posted: 2/10/2005, 11:15 am Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
JW63 wrote: |
Maybe consider hiking from Broadway TH. |
Good sugestion.
Lost Dutchman State Park and the Jacob's Crosscut trailhead (about a half mile in on the road to Firstwater TH) should also be easily accessable after the rains. _________________
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
roger
Joined: 13 Aug 2003 Posts: 262 Location: phoenix
|
Posted: 2/10/2005, 1:37 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
Does the Broadway trailhead only hook up to the crosscut trail??? or are there other trails off of this TH.
What would the hieroglyphics trail and that canyon be like in the rain???
roger _________________ - you are what you do - |
|
Back to top |
|
|
matt gilbert
Joined: 28 Jul 2003 Posts: 698 Location: Mesa
|
Posted: 2/10/2005, 2:26 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
The glyph trail would be a peice of cake in the rain, all the roads to that trailhead are paved or well maintained. If you got out there during an actual rain storm, some of the falls would be spectacular. _________________ Cogito ergo ambulo cum sacculo
-Matt Gilbert |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Arizonaheat Got Supes Juice?
Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 1741 Location: Mesa, AZ
|
Posted: 2/10/2005, 3:16 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
Hieroglyphic trail would be fine to the rock art. If you planned on hiking from there to the ridgeline up the drainage it would be very difficult with any large amount of water flowing and the drainage is the best access to the top far and away. It can be done otherwise though _________________ Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but by how we react to what happens, not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Trishness The Snake Charmer
Joined: 21 Sep 2003 Posts: 2530 Location: Apache Jct, AZ
|
Posted: 2/10/2005, 8:29 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
Roger,
I'm trying to remember if they have completed the Lost Goldmine Trail from Broadway TH to the intersection of Hieroglyphics. Heat or JW can you verify this? If they haven't you'd be doing all off trail all the way. I do know that Lost Goldmine is complete from Hieroglyphic to Peralta. So another option would be to hike to the 'glyphs and then back (3 miles) then to Peralta (?5.5 miles one way) and back.
I do know that accessing the Supes from the Broadway TH is NOT my favorite route. Trail is very rocky.
_________________ ~~~Trish~~~
"Eastward the dawn rose, ridge behind ridge into the morning, and vanished out of eyesight into guess; it was no more than a glimmer blending with the hem of the sky, but it spoke to them, out of the memory and old tales, of the high and distant mountains." � J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of The Rings. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
JW I'll make rain with my spaceman powers!
Joined: 20 Sep 2003 Posts: 1296
|
Posted: 2/10/2005, 9:53 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
roger wrote: |
Does the Broadway trailhead only hook up to the crosscut trail??? or are there other trails off of this TH. |
There are other use trails not on the maps in the area of the TH. Even some faint pieces of an old wagon road. Mostly, the trails resulted from cowboys, homesteaders and prospectors. But there is evidence of ancient peoples and their routes as well. PM me if you want to go look in a cool cave.
roger wrote: |
What would the hieroglyphics trail and that canyon be like in the rain??? |
matt gilbert wrote: |
The glyph trail would be a peice of cake in the rain, all the roads to that trailhead are paved or well maintained. If you got out there during an actual rain storm, some of the falls would be spectacular. |
Aye, I was lucky enough to see some of those falls last Autumn. Very cool!
Arizonaheat wrote: |
Hieroglyphic trail would be fine to the rock art. If you planned on hiking from there to the ridgeline up the drainage it would be very difficult with any large amount of water flowing and the drainage is the best access to the top far and away. It can be done otherwise though |
Aye again. The rock art is a treasure and the flowing waters are evidence of how the water shaped the rock, and it's impression shows in the art works of those ancient artists. Yea, Heat, there's a couple ways and it can be done otherwise, but should we...? (OK, never mind, dude. I know the answer... and yes, I haven't finished 'em all, yet...).
Accessing the ridgeline via that canyon in the rain would present a couple challenges (OMG, I wish I could take a couple days, right now, Heat and Roger...), anyway, I would over-night. There are a few neat camp spots not far west along the ridgeline, but it would be "...rain, and wind, and weather...up there - be prepared :))
The ridgeline calls me and seeing it every morn on my way to work, sure influences my work-motivation...sometimes I get too sick to work... :)) _________________ What a magnificent time to LIVE! - Everett Ruess.
Since my house burned down, I now own a better view of the rising moon. - Masahide. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
mike What box?
Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Posts: 3134
|
Posted: 2/10/2005, 10:18 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
JW63 wrote: |
There are a few neat camp spots not far west along the ridgeline, but it would be "...rain, and wind, and weather...up there - be prepared
|
Aye! I've camped in one those spots (late november, 2001) and it was one of the longest, windiest nights I've ever spent in the wild! We woke up the next morning to light snow! This was on the saddle in that very obvious notch above Hiero. Canyon. I need to find the cd with the photos from that trip... _________________ [/size] |
|
Back to top |
|
|
ck1
Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 1331 Location: Mesa
|
Posted: 2/10/2005, 11:24 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
I'd suggest you hit Massacre Grounds. It''d be a longer hike because the car wouldn't make it to the fence, but from the first parking area on the First Water road, you can make your way over to the Massacre Grounds trail, and if it rains like it is supposed to, the falls over there will be flowing.
Just a suggestion... _________________ -Colin
"The Journey is the Destination" |
|
Back to top |
|
|
matt gilbert
Joined: 28 Jul 2003 Posts: 698 Location: Mesa
|
Posted: 2/10/2005, 11:34 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
I know it's a bit far north of your intended destination but as long as we're talking about waterfalls, the siphon draw trail is pretty neat in the rain. Once you get up to the draw there are all kinds of neat falls. _________________ Cogito ergo ambulo cum sacculo
-Matt Gilbert |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Back to top
|
|