Originally Posted By balzaccom
That's one option.

The other option is to take advantage of it to learn that it's a good idea to check the weather before you commit to a hike, and spare yourself unnecessary discomfort.

That gets more important the longer the hike and the higher the mountains.


It was by choice for me, no discomfort here! With most of my hikes being in AZ weather is not usually an issue, I would say 90% of our days are sunshine here. When the clouds were rolling in over the mountains I was ready to roll!

I put up some pics and video of the storm from yesterdays hike you can check it out here if you want.
http://thebackpackingjournal.wordpress.com/2012/03/18/hail-storm-hiking/