Going on a grand adventure for mostly hiking, and a bit of camping/fishing on the side. Any tips, advice, or other suggestions for our itinerary? Any important heads-up info on the locations before we take off in four days?
Colorado
>Colorado Springs (Garden of the Gods, Pikes Peak)
>Manitou Springs (Cave of the Winds)
>Snowmass
>Abandoned Crystal Mill
Utah
>Arches National Park
>Slot Canyon
>Grand Staircase
>Bryce Canyon
>Cedar Breaks
>The Glorious Zion
Arizona
>Antelope Canyon
>Grand Canyon
>Lava River Cave
New Mexico
>Chaco Culture National Historic
>Bandelier National Monument
>Taos (Wheeler Peak)
>Cimarron (Valle Vidal)
petrified forest in az was pretty cool. definitely worth a stop, imo.
what time of year are you doing this?
pic from garden of the gods last monday
>>759194
Might stop by there if we have plenty of time. The most we plan to spend on the trip total is about 19 days, as that's all we could effectively take off from our jobs.
We're leaving on the 11th of this month. So about 4/5 days away.
>>759194
haha lil' guy's all tuckered-out. is that the giraffe or one of the tigers? :)
might check the status of pikes peak's summit. it was pretty damn white when i was just there. might still be closed.
>>759206
still the giraffe. i keep it clipped to the pack pretty much permanently so no matter what else i forget he always has a toy.
he had a cold that day. :(
perked up at the aquarium, though. :)
>>759209
Actually thank you for that reminder. The friend I'm going with is a Colorado native, and he said he wants to go back to Pike's Peak.
OP here, figured I'd just post back on this thread instead of making another.
Tried looking on the websites but couldn't find anything.
>Is dispersed camping allowed at Zion and Maroon Bells? We plan on camping a few times in each state, but those are the two places I WANT to really camp at.
pic not related