The itinerary for the Valley Leisurely Pace Hikers outing for Saturday, March 1, 2003 has been modified. Rather than the Bluff Springs Loop, we will hike a section of the Dutchman trail, starting from, and returning to, the Peralta trailhead. Friendly, considerate guest hikers are cordially invited ...

Valley Leisurely Pace Hikers (VLPH) events are scheduled for the first Saturday in March (Bluff Springs Loop) and third Wednesday in March (First Water TH to Parker Pass and return). Friendly, considerate guest hikers are cordially invited to accompany us. We hike at an average pace of one mile per ...

I loaded up on hiking socks. Popular has Thorlo socks for Fox River prices and Fox River socks for peanuts. BTW don't let the low prices put you off. I recently changed to the Fox River Wick-Dry Grand Canyon brand after using Thorlo's equivalent for a few months. The Fox River socks are less expensi...

My trail partner for the past 30-odd years has hung up the boots and I'm looking for one or two male replacement(s) for same. I'm 66, in relatively good health, an early-riser & non-smoker, live in northwest Phoenix, and prefer dayhiking in AZ up to about 10 miles (maybe more later) Tuesday, Wed...

The REI and National Geographic Society Web pages for Topo! Arizona don't mention Win XP as a compatible OS. There is/was, however, a contradictory statement elsewhere on the NGS site that says that compatibilty *does* exist. NGS customer service told me that this statement is wrong and the applicat...

This thread is just what I've been looking for. All I need is topo software that covers all of Arizona for hike planning and documentation of alternate trail routes. Having worked with USGS 1/24,000 topos for many years, converting contour lines to mental 3D images is not very hard, so built-in soft...