As we hiked along the Weather Trail to study weather phenomenon, we were treated to stunning views.
With most of the riding above 2,000 metres, a big mountain experience with stunning views is guaranteed, as are fast-draining, all-weather trails.
The highland towns offer spring-like weather, nature trails, waterfalls, cloud forests and more.
While wagon trains frequently traveled together by choice, factors such as weather and trail conditions often resulted in unintended "bunching" along the route.
The state Fish and Game Department coordinates all rescues, and a vast majority of them are here in the rugged White Mountains, where weather and trail conditions are often unpredictable.
You can get information and advice about weather and trail conditions from the national park's Back Country Office, (520) 638-7875, 1 to 5 p.m. local time, Monday to Friday.
Conditions in the Los Angeles Basin are expected to go from freezing to wet this week as a weather system trailing behind a large cold air mass could bring rain showers Friday.
You just need to take more care choosing your route – mud, ice and inclement weather can make trails more dangerous.
Better weather, real walking trails, one good restaurant, a few more things to do would have lifted our occasionally dampened spirits.
Combined, the visitation figures of the four weather companies that trail Weather.com and WeatherBug are 3.4 million, Nielsen/NetRatings said.
The volumes of travellers and the wet weather made the trail impassable and, by late 1897, it was closed until further, leaving around 5,000 stranded in Skagway.
