News of Southwest (AZ, NM, NV, TX)

Looking for a furnished studio or small 1-bedroom non-smoking unit that will rent for just one month, for this Dec., on the Northeast or North Central side of town. Please PM me through the forum if you have suggestions or a place to rent out. Thanks!

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We climbed Wheeler on Monday 8/26 and ended up leaving our camera in the Twining parking lot (near the campsites). We called the ski area, and the local police, but no one turned anything in. If you know anyone who was in the area please ask if they might have found anything.

It is an Olympus waterproof model.

$100 reward for its return (we're mostly concerned with the pictures on the memory card...)

Thanks, ...

Hey Guys!

So I am planning a little winter project in the Organs and am curious about the conditions in late December and early January. Basically, I am wondering if there is enough snow to melt for water on a regular basis or does it fall and all melt off in a day. any help would be greatly appreciated

Kerr.

Hey y'all. I'm trying to plan a two-fer for spring of next year. I want to hit up Havasupai and Paria Canyon area---anyone have insight on the weather conditions and temps during that time of year? The ranges that websites are offering are huge and vague.

Of course the trip will largely depend on how I do in the permit lottery for those months, but I really want to avoid the summer. Ideally I want ...

So far, about 11000 acres burned. The fire started on the south side near Carpenter Canyon, sparked by lightning. A big change in winds sent it to the ridge between Griffith and Charleston. The Spring Mountain area is mainly closed to access right now. For us, this is a huge fire.

http://inciweb.org/incident/3481/

http://www.8newsnow.com/story/22767863/ ... -evacuated

Just looking for some feedback on trail conditions on WHeeler peak.

Thanks

Eighteen firefighters have died in the "Yarnell Hill Fire" that has ripped through half of the town and sent residents to Prescott (AZ) for safety.


http://www.azfamily.com/news/Yarnell-Hill-fire-burning-northwest-of-the-Valley-213756531.html

Phoenix, Arizona hiking news from my personal (no-advertisements) Camelback Mountain site:

Camelback Mountain's Echo Canyon Trail is Open for Hiking! (Well, Three-Quarters of It, and You First Have to Climb Cholla Trail to the Summit)

If you want to have Echo Canyon Trail all to yourself, there's no better time than now.

The trail isn't closed like you may have heard. As usual, the news media steered you wrong. Most of Echo Canyon is open. ...

A 50-year old man died due to the heat on Table Top Mountain in south-central Arizona.

Here is the link: http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_ce ... p-Mountain

In case the link goes dead after awhile, here is the story:

A professor visiting Arizona succumbed to heat exhaustion and died on a hike at Table Top Mountain on Wednesday afternoon. Pinal County Sheriff's officials say they got a call around 4:30 p.m. that a ...

Does anyone know the current conditions of the road to Columbine Campground and the amount of snow on the peak?