Re: Enter South Bass, Exit Boucher/Hermits via the Tonto Trail mid-A
Tom,
To add to some of the points previously made, there are many people from this group who have done this route so lots of information is available in past...
bobhostetler 2011-01-28 13:36:47 #63856
Re: Enter South Bass, Exit Boucher/Hermits via the Tonto Trail mid-A
Thanks for adding this fun comment, Marsha. Gems Zen is for sure nothing easy. I would agree that 'Zen' or 'pressed-for-time' are incompatible frameworks and...
DougN 2011-01-28 12:26:02 #63855
Re: Enter South Bass, Exit Boucher/Hermits via the Tonto Trail mid-A
A word of caution, when hiking the Tonto be careful how Zen you get. I zenned my way off the trail completely, more than once. Luckily you can Zen...
Marsha Kesselring 2011-01-28 10:43:13 #63854
Re: Enter South Bass, Exit Boucher/Hermits via the Tonto Trail mid-A
For a followup comment on recommendation from WV.
Escalante has more variety of landscape/scenery/geology with a few personal challenges as it is still a...
DougN 2011-01-28 09:42:05 #63853
Re: Enter South Bass, Exit Boucher/Hermits via the Tonto Trail mid-A
Yikes Tom, as noted by others, you are a bit late in getting a permit.
This said - I have a good friend who has a permit to hike Hermit to Boucher in April...
Wilderness 2011-01-28 09:18:22 #63852
Re: Enter South Bass, Exit Boucher/Hermits via the Tonto Trail mid-A
Tom,
To be totally clear about the point, while the road to the South Bass trailhead crosses tribal land, the trailhead is NOT on tribal land. The last few...
Chris Forsyth 2011-01-27 16:21:45 #63851
Re: Enter South Bass, Exit Boucher/Hermits via the Tonto Trail mid-A
We did this hike last year in mid-April. It was easy hiking with great views. We did not see another person for 4 days after leaving the South Bass. There...
betty2529 2011-01-27 12:48:21 #63850
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