I really want to hike that deal. So can i add a vote? or is that a crap area to camp?
It's a fine camping area, it's above most of the snakes and there's shade at the campsite.
So, I guess your vote (if you didn't previously vote for it) makes the most recent poll 3:2 in favor of the abyss... Official it is.
Things to know about this camping endeavor:
- The primary campsite has room for maybe 5 trucks, or we can park a little bit away from the actual campsite
- It's at a (sorta) popular hiking trailhead so we're guaranteed a little bit of company during the day if we camp right there. There's another somewhat more secluded campsite another mile away or so but it's less awesome. We may be forced there if the primary site is occupied.
- The ground is a bit rocky, it's possible to find flat earth but bring camp pads or a cot or sleep in your vehicle. If you just have a bag and sleep on the ground, there's enough organic/fine matter around you can probably make out OK.
- There's a creek and it's not hella polluted but I wouldn't call it drinking water, and it's like a 2 foot wide, 2 inch deep sort of creek most of the time if it's running.
- There aren't any particularly glorious locations for shootin' stuff, so if you're going to shoot stuff you'll want to travel a little bit away from camp.
- I don't particularly like olives on pizza.
- The hike is pretty brutal for people who don't regularly hike. It's 100% uphill from camp. There's a section of actual rope climbing that poses serious risk of injury and it does not have a bypass. I'm not saying this hike is hardcore like the Pacific Crest Trail or anything, but plan for a workout and if you don't have health insurance it might not be worth the risk.
- Like anything cool in AZ, it's a pretty long drive from central Phoenix - I guess you guys on the East side cut a significant portion of it out but you still have to go to globe, then up to the lake, then up the hill from there... all before you even get to the dirt road which then is even more driving before you get to the part that even justifies a 4wd... and it doesn't "justify" 35" tires.
Anyway that's it for now, let's get our stuff organized mofooz! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/notooth.gif" alt="" />
