A.T.: Pen Mar to Old Forge
Last Easter, I completed the Maryland segments of the Appalchian Trail. That won’t seem like much to an AT thru-hiker who knocks out Maryland in […]
Hiking
BCT: Bumble Bee to Government Spring
I had planned to hike Black Canyon Trail segment #9, from Bumble Bee to Government Spring, and segment #10 on to the ghost town of […]
Pass Mountain Trail #282
I planned to hike Black Canyon Trail today, as the segments north of Rock Springs Cafe are an underrated source of beautiful spring flowers, in […]
Cottonwood Spring Loop
Last week, exploring Bullard Mine, was an ‘away’ hike. This week was supposed to be another ‘locals hike’. My plan was to hike a loop […]
Beardsley Trail – Lake Pleasant
So far, in 2018, I’ve been alternating hikes on local trails and those further afield. (And they don’t get much further afield than Tunnel Mine […]
Scott Mountain & Ray Mine
The Dripping Springs Mountains are not an area I had heard of until one day I was randomly perusing a topo map, and noticed the […]
Skyline Regional Park
This is my third Valley of the Sun local parks hike of the winter, after hiking Estrella Mountain Regional Park two weeks ago. Skyline Regional […]
Tunnel Mine Canyon & Skull Rock
It’s been way too long since I visited the stunning mountains of northern Yuma County. Almost two years, since I went arch hunting in the […]
Butterfield / Pedersen / Coldwater Loop
One of the things I decided to start doing this year is more hikes in the cooler months closer to home. Partly because it would […]
Miners Needle Loop
I planned to do this hike back in mid-November, but a couple of miles up the dirt part of Peralta Road, aka Forest Road 77, […]