Last I saw, which was last week, snow level was around 7,000-7500 feet and the snow was melting at about six inches per day in the heat. The means the streams and rivers are really roaring. WE're heading up in early July, and hoping that we won't have too much snow at 8500 feet...

As I remember Paradise Valley, there are no major streams to cross getting there...and depending on where you are going, the same is true of Bubbs Creek--unless you head up to Avalanche Pass.

Don't know about the rest...
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