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Mountain trip ideas

Posted on 6/22/25 at 9:13 pm
Posted by tigerrage08
Houma,LA
Member since Feb 2008
525 posts
Posted on 6/22/25 at 9:13 pm
Looking for a place to bring the kids to do a few out door activities in the mountains. They would like to go some place we have never been, therefore, Gatlinburg, Bryson city, and north Georgia are out of the question as we have been there. Will to drive about 12 hours. Any suggestions of an area that could appease a 15 and 16 year old. Arkansas?
Posted by bluestem75
Dallas, TX
Member since Oct 2007
4925 posts
Posted on 6/23/25 at 1:11 am to
Get on a plane and hit up Utah.

You can fly into Vegas and circle around the Grand Canyon hitting Zion and Bryce Canyon before heading down into AZ for the Grand Canyon.

OR

You can fly into Salt Lake City and head over to Park City and/or drive up into Idaho.
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
13571 posts
Posted on 6/23/25 at 6:17 am to
The obsession with driving long distances is for:
a) People with five kids
b) Old people
c) People that bring far too much crap
Posted by deltafarmer
Member since Dec 2019
909 posts
Posted on 6/23/25 at 7:45 am to
The mountains of New Mexico are very nice this time of year
Posted by Venelar
The AP
Member since Oct 2010
1213 posts
Posted on 6/23/25 at 8:01 am to
I second Utah. We stayed in Kanab at basecamp37. Kanab is an old small movie town centrally located between Bryce, Zion, and a lot of the slot canyons (and the wave). We chose to fly into St. George, it was only an hour or so away from Kanab.
Posted by Potchafa
Avoyelles
Member since Jul 2016
4198 posts
Posted on 6/23/25 at 8:01 am to
100%
Red River and Arroyo Seco area is awesome.
Posted by Shexter
Prairieville
Member since Feb 2014
19222 posts
Posted on 6/23/25 at 9:25 am to

Kayaking on the Buffalo River in North Arkansas.
Buffalo Outdoor Center is who we used last year.
https://www.buffaloriver.com/

Posted by Weekend Warrior79
Member since Aug 2014
20802 posts
Posted on 6/23/25 at 10:10 am to
quote:

The obsession with driving long distances is for:
c) People that bring far too much crap

I almost have it down to where 90% of the extra shite my wife insists we bring is limited to 1-2 suitcases/boxes that we can set aside and not touch for the entire trip.

Not including the extra clothes we bring, with smaller kids I get that, and it doesn't take that much more room.
Posted by Saintsisit
Member since Jan 2013
5076 posts
Posted on 6/24/25 at 6:48 am to
quote:

Kayaking on the Buffalo River in North Arkansas.


Great suggestion but depends on when you're going.

By early July the river is usually very low.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora
Member since Sep 2012
73310 posts
Posted on 6/24/25 at 3:18 pm to
Given your criteria, you've boxed yourself into Arkansas. I hear it's great, but I've personally never been to that part of the state though.
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