Detroit to Grand Canyon and then Sedona.

If you are used to driving in feet of snow, you will enjoy the Grand Canyon at 6,500' elevation a LOT in the winter. Personally, I do not have a snow plow on my truck, so no thanks.

The first time I went there was Thanksgiving weekend in 1987 - the first year I had my F-350 and camper. It did not have a furnace, but had a oven and 4 burner stovetop. It was COLD! Ice on the roads, ect. I ended up camping in the parking lot of Riverside Hotel in Laughlin AZ.

I had a friend move up to Flagstaff, and worked for the school district, and got to drive the new pickup with a 8' wide snow plow on it. He even got to practice in the school district parking lot, and could drive it home when snow was expected, so he could help clear the school parking lots when he came in early the next morning.

I would prefer camping much further south, say Tucson, Ajo, or Mesa AZ. This is a much lower elevation, and not as subject to snow in January, but you can see snow in Tucson each winter. It usually melts the next day. Mesa it is more rare to see snow, but my sister posted pictures of her snow covered palm trees a few days ago, in nearby Apache Junction. So snow can happen there, just not each winter. I am sure that it melted right away, as it was supposed to be 57 yesterday.

Weather.com can be your friend, look up the cities you plan on traveling to, then look up the 10 day and monthly weather forecast.

Even I 40 through Albuquerque would be really cold in January, at 5,500' elevation, with a couple of other passes to go through, I would not want to be there with a trailer in the deep snow, or icy roads.

I would recommend going far to the south, then take I-10 towards El Paso, and try out Tucson. They have a wonderful air museum full of aircraft and other things to look at. Just west of town is a large campground with plenty of cactus to look at.

Good luck,

Fred.

-14 at the canyon last night and -6 in Flagstaff. This is colder than normal, however, these two areas have a real winter. Could be a high of 50 or a high of 10, luck of the draw. Watch the weather closely.

It will be cold and there will be snow at the South Rim and Flagstaff. And there are area's that chains could be required. You need to plan for that kind of thing. Generally not so bad in Sedona though.

We highly recommend Trailer Village RV Campground in the park on the south rim of Grand Canyon National Park. Make your reservation now and have a great trip.

We took I-90 across from Missouri through Arizona to California this summer and had a great trip. There's a lot to see.

We stayed at Rancho Sedona right in Sedona, which was convenient to everything. We stayed at the Trailer Village at the Grand Canyon, which was also nice. If you need an overnight stop as you cross New Mexico, we thought the American RV Park in Albuquerque and the USA RV Park in Gallup were both nice stops.

We did that trip a couple of years ago but we did it early summer. You definitely could get some bad weather along the way.
Rvparky.com is a good resource for trip planning.
Good luck.

Have you used the Good Sam trip planner for routing and campground suggestions? An old fashioned atlas is good for picking side roads and if you have a smart phone use Google maps. Keep an eye on the weather for OK,TX,NM,AZ as they are more prone to windy and snowy conditions.