Deserts

coasthikergirl

replying to @59NationalParks @59NationalParks A9 #ParkChat I stay safe by not visiting when I’m likely to run into extreme weather!

unconpeace

A9 122 degree temps @DeathValleyNPS. I went to the bar at Furnace Creek and had a beer. #parkchat

rscottjones

replying to @59NationalParks @59NationalParks A9 #parkchat 125 in Death Valley my first visit. I made my fiancee do a hike with me. Also camped in 18 degrees in Death Valley, so the desert is often a land of extremes.

Stars252525

replying to @59NationalParks @59NationalParks A9 Many people don't realize deserts can be very cold at night. The heat in July in Death Valley was really something to experience. I drank water and tried to duck into air conditioning when possible. #ParkChat

mjn126

replying to @59NationalParks @59NationalParks A9: Camped in 11 degrees in Utah. experienced 100+ in western Texas. Always so windy, too. #ParkChat Stay hydrated, wear sunglasses, bundle up. the usual stuff.

tthrash

replying to @59NationalParks @59NationalParks A9. Prob not too extreme at all in this crowd, but I recall Death Valley temps in the 30s at night and up near 90 at night when I camped there. #Parkchat

HubbardJeff

replying to @59NationalParks @59NationalParks A9. The high desert can get really cold. I was just at Red Rock Canyon in CA and woke up to 21F. Last March in AZ it was 8F! I was glad, in both instances, to have my trailer with a heater - I’ve spent many a cold night in the higher elevations of Anza Borrego in my bag #ParkChat

t_jh2009

replying to @59NationalParks @59NationalParks A9) It was while camping at Joshua Tree National Park on New Year's Eve in 1999, it had been warm during the day but at night it became cold & windy. Luckily I was camping in my truck so I was protected & comfortable unlike those who were in tents. #ParkChat

RCGibby73

replying to @59NationalParks @59NationalParks A9: Well we did have that brief snowstorm encounter on Desert View Hwy in Grand Canyon. We drove safe and warmed up at the hotel, where I was soundly beaten by my wife in bowling. #ParkChat (I bowled the 118)

beckyjlomax

replying to @59NationalParks @59NationalParks A9 On Day 1 of a 10-day backpack trip in the Grand Canyon, we left in the morning from the South Rim at 20 degrees with frozen water bottles, but that night we sweltered at Phantom Ranch at 105 degrees. An 85-degree swing in one day. #parkchat

HubbardJeff

replying to @HubbardJeff @59NationalParks A9 - cont. Oh yeah - and I once got snowed on in Joshua Tree while sleeping outside. #ParkChat

naturetechfam

replying to @59NationalParks @59NationalParks #parkchat A9 when we toured the SW in 2016 every hike we took in 12 days was over 95 degrees (even at 8am!). We got really good at water rationing, going out early A.M., and taking a mid-day siesta! 😁 @ArchesNPS

GPJohnston

replying to @59NationalParks @59NationalParks A9) I always go when weather is least threatening, usually spring, but one time while hiking out of a canyon in Grand Gulch Primitive Area in Utah we were overtaken by a fast-moving rainstorm. We ducked into the overhang of a giant boulder and waited it out. #Parkchat

Parkasaur

replying to @RCGibby73 @RCGibby73 @59NationalParks A9. As a kid, my 1st visit to @PetrifiedNPS was in a snowstorm. It was my first trip west of the Mississippi, and my parents knew they had a paleontology-obsessed kid, so they made sure to take me, even though the weather limited us to a few mad dashes out of the car! #ParkChat

e_terren

replying to @59NationalParks @59NationalParks A9. Heat, mostly. I know the Great Basin is a cold winter desert. All those highway signs indicating areas to pull out to put on chains got my attention.
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TheDetourEffect

replying to @59NationalParks @59NationalParks @Wild_Tribute A9 #ParkChat didnt realize thunderstorms roll in & out of Death Valley so suddenly! Thankfully a ranger warned me so I timed my hike ok, but still when I summitted Wildrose it was freezing & windy & a huge crack of thunder sounded right behind my head. I got below treeline ASAP