It’s getting close to the first trip and things are coming together! I’m less than 2 weeks out from heading to Colorado to backpack to the Blue Lakes and hopefully summit Mt Sneffels. After a month of being on the transfer website exactly at 8am I was able to score a Havasupai Falls permit for the 3rd week of August!

The Colorado trip will start early on Saturday the 22nd. It’s a nine hour drive to get to Ridgeway and I lose an hour, so I want to get going to get my campsite set up with a little time to chill at the Ridgeway State Park. I’ve driven up and hike to Blue Lakes in the same day, but I thought it might be nice to get up there, sleep much higher than Phoenix and then do the hike to the lower lake. The next morning I’ll get the backpack loaded up and head into the wilderness! I’m sure trailhead will be crowded, hopefully I can find a spot. I’ve heard the road isn’t in the best condition. Stoked to get up high in the mountains, so far the weather looks ok 🤞.

For Havasupai I got a room at the Hualapai Lodge in Peach Springs the day before. I’ll drive up mid-morning, get checked-in for the hike at the Grand Canyon Caverns Inn, and then head to the hotel.

The plan is to wake up around 3am and drive out to the trailhead to get a nice early start, it’ll be a hot day and I’d like to go ahead and get a campsite set up and chill in the waterfalls! The second day I’m hoping to hike to the Colorado River confluence, a16ish mile round trip, and then chill the next day before hiking out.

That’s the plan right now, we’ll see how it works out!