Originally Posted By apachemd
Well, as I understand Zion has quite a few streams and rivers which one has to cross and get wet in in the process. And from my recent GC experience I'd imagine that water is cold as it is. So to answer your question, "warm" for me would ideally be higher than 75 degrees or so, at least during the day time.

Does Zion fit the bill for that time of year?

Any other warm places come to mind?


Why would you purposefully seek out a place to hike that was above 70 F as a high. I consider between 60 and 70 as optimum for daytime high, and high 20s to low 30s as optimum night time lows. Of course, you did do an August GC hike. I would have picked a cooler month. The best time for Zions is in the fall, and November is perfect. Most of the streams are low then and crossing without getting wet is really easy. Getting your feet wet isn't an issue either. But, for your temp rating, Zion would be too cold. You might want to look at southern California, New Mexico and Arizona, or Mexico for those temps.
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