Posted by timeOday on February 15, 2008, 4:36 pm
I'm trying to decide the best time of year to ride around NM, AZ, CA,
NV, including (and especially) high mountain passes. So it's a tradeoff
between baking down in the desert and getting snowed on. Also, I'm
thinking probably spring rather than fall simply because it's hard to wait.
Posted by . on February 15, 2008, 6:58 pm
> I'm trying to decide the best time of year to ride around NM, AZ, CA,
> NV, including (and especially) high mountain passes.
The month of May is best, Tioga Pass and Glacier Point will probably
open up May 30.
It starts getting too hot in Death Valley and Saline Valley after
Memorial Day weekend.
I went to the Grand Canyon one year in May, and then returned to AZ to
tour Tucson and Organ Pipe National Monument around the 4th of July,
when it was getting too hot.
Posted by Wayne on February 16, 2008, 3:46 pm
> I'm trying to decide the best time of year to ride around NM, AZ, CA,
> NV, including (and especially) high mountain passes. So it's a tradeoff
> between baking down in the desert and getting snowed on. Also, I'm
> thinking probably spring rather than fall simply because it's hard to
> wait.
I went to Utah around the start of Sept to avoid the vacationing crowds. The
low areas were not too hot (85) and it got cooler (75) in places like Bryce
canyon where the elevation was higher.
Wayne
Posted by . on February 16, 2008, 4:15 pm
> I went to Utah around the start of Sept to avoid the vacationing crowds. The
> low areas were not too hot (85) and it got cooler (75) in places like Bryce
> canyon where the elevation was higher.
I rode Utah 12 on 4th of July weekend. It was about 100 degrees, and I
rode about 85~90 mph, stopping every 100~150 miles for gasoline and
liquid refreshment.
That kind of temperature isn't conducive to sticking one's head into a
steaming brain bucket for hours on end.
If you have to ride on days when the temperature is going to peak at
around 100, the best bet is to ride early, stop somewhere cool for the
heat of the day, and continue to your destination after it cools down.
But, if you don't have motel reservations around a popular tourist
area, you're not going to find a budget motel on a holiday weekend.
Posted by Bob Mann on February 16, 2008, 4:28 pm
wrote:
>> I went to Utah around the start of Sept to avoid the vacationing crowds. The
>> low areas were not too hot (85) and it got cooler (75) in places like Bryce
>> canyon where the elevation was higher.
>I rode Utah 12 on 4th of July weekend. It was about 100 degrees, and I
>rode about 85~90 mph, stopping every 100~150 miles for gasoline and
>liquid refreshment.
>That kind of temperature isn't conducive to sticking one's head into a
>steaming brain bucket for hours on end.
>If you have to ride on days when the temperature is going to peak at
>around 100, the best bet is to ride early, stop somewhere cool for the
>heat of the day, and continue to your destination after it cools down.
>But, if you don't have motel reservations around a popular tourist
>area, you're not going to find a budget motel on a holiday weekend.
When I went through Utah and Idaho this past summer I didn't find a
hotel of any description.
The temp in southern Utah peaked at about 105 in the shade.
Except there wasn't any shade either.
And no AC in that little Miata.
--
Bob Mann
Sex is like air; it's not important unless you
aren't getting any
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