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Try the Minam Lake/Minam River area. Can access via Two Pan trailhead. We saw lots of signs of elk there last summer on a hike in that area.

Kofa Wilderness in southern AZ is awesome that time of year. Anywhere along the Colorado River, from Yuma, AZ to St George, UT the weather should be pretty nice then.

That's exactly it, a big empty corridor along the Colorado, full of desert awesomeness!

Introduction to the Mojave-Sonoran Trail: A NEW 625-mile cross-country winter thru-hiking route from southern Nevada to southern Arizona, along the Colorado River corridor Valley of Fire, Nevada Where: Nevada, California, Arizona When: November 3rd 2021 – December 18th 2021 (46 days, 9 zero...

I'm certainly not opposed to collaboration. With the handful of water source reports for the region, just one more hiker adding to the pot would make a big difference out there. I think it's a pretty awesome place to wander, but I question the demand for these kind of hikes, though. Bushwhacking...

Nope, no collaboration. I had no idea someone else what out there doing something similar until a friend sent me a link to his IG post when he finished his hike... I was halfway into my route at the time. Pretty crazy to have two routes so similar (but actually quite different upon closer...

Nevada fascinated me for quite some time before this trip. I had a bunch of ranges on my list too, and I thought, I should just string as many as I can together into one big hike. The Jarbidge is the one I really wanted to include, but just too far from the rest of the route with long stretches...

For the 25 mile carry, I was planning to do the 38 mile route and took 8 liters with me. Then I ended up doing the 25 mile route and carried the extra water for nothing! Ha. That stretch, Railroad Valley and the Lunar Crater volcanic field, was not that hot. Maybe in the low 80s, and one of...

Howdy folks, I want to introduce you to a new 1090 mile thru hike route across central Nevada called the Basin and Range Trail. Nevada is the most mountainous state in the lower 48, with over 310 named mountain ranges. The BRT strings together some of the more spectacular ranges in the state...

You guessed it, Michigander. I'm sure some of the lesser known MI hikes give that away, not many people travel to MI for the High Country Pathway, haha. such. These days though, trying to distance myself from the cold and grey Michigan winters. Built a camper van earlier this year and will be...

I have done a LOT of bushwhacking, and the route above Clear Creek to Faler Lake was TERRIBLE in August 2021. Downright terrible. In some spots, there are multiple layers of blowdowns, at the 1ft, 3ft, 5ft levels, to weave and climb through. I wish I had my photos with me to post. We came down...

Hey there... so I hiked a nearly 1000 mile "loop" across central Nevada last year(Basin and Range Trail), and came across a few ghost towns you might be interested in. Check out Jefferson, which is in Jefferson Canyon, just outside of Round Mountain, in the Toquima Range. Jefferson had a...

I'm a little late to the game on this thread, but I hiked nearly this exact route in 2018 on my CDT thru hike. It's a pretty beautiful area. Tosi Creek offers some decent game trails/light foot trails to follow, but in the upper basin, these disappear as the terrain turns to rock. We took an...

Awesome, thanks for sharing. I did a hike in the northern winds in August, from Glacier TH over the divide to Elkhart TH, and took the Clear Creek/Faler route myself... it was TERRIBLE bushwhacking between the natural bridge and Faler, you must have found a better line than we did!

Nice trip. I went up over that pass (Snowyside Pass??) in 2017 on an 8 day hike out there, and camped at Heart lake too. Didn't really see much signs of use in that area. Good to see others getting off trail and doing that route. Also had some luck fishing there but not as good as come of the...

That boulder field above Peak Lake wasn't as bad as it looks. Steep, but not too unstable. It's only a couple hundred yards across at most and there's an obvious path leading down to lake level again. I was walking across this boulder field when a ranger started walking towards me from the other...

Actually, the link I posted is the only source I have found yet of anyone hiking Desolation Canyon, everyone rafts it. The guide book would be my second source, and it's gotta be more useful than the first source :)

Bob and Nick - I'll take your word for it being safe at lower flows, but I am more comfortable on land than water. I will keep it in mind though. You are certainly right about a side canyon loop being more enjoyable(leisurely), but this would be a section of a long distance hiking route I am...

Packraft would be the way to go, no way I'd jump in the Green on a tube! I'd like to identify the problem areas and look for routes around that don't involve getting in the water. Yup, it's a bummer about the Ute side being closed. That could have made the whole thing a lot easier, hitching...

There is a lot of info on rafting the Green River through Desolation Canyon, but almost nothing on hiking through Desolation Canyon. I could only find this: https://www.mysteryranch.com/post/8-days-80-river-miles-1-backpack-and-some-of-utahs-finest-wilderness He refers to a guidebook he used...