Gateway Trailhead to Tom’s Thumb TH
Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 22nd segment of the Maricopa Trail. The Maricopa Trail is a 315-mile trail system in & around the […]
McDowell Mountains
Taliesin West to Gateway Trailhead
Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 21st segment of the Maricopa Trail. My goal is to hike or bike all 240 miles of the […]
Brown’s Mountain Loop
Brown’s Mountain is a formation in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve, north of the ritzy Troon North Golf Club. It is part of a chain of […]
Dixie Mine Loop
After two weeks of minimal physical activity, including seven days sitting in my car, driving to & from Maryland, I needed to do some real […]
Granite Mountain Loop
First off, just to be clear, this is the Granite Mountain in north Scottsdale’s McDowell Sonoran Preserve — not the Granite Mountain in Prescott, made […]
Windgate Pass-Bell Pass Loop
I spend the middle months of the year hiking in higher, somewhat cooler, locations, often involving long drives. Because, other than the Sky Islands, like […]
Tom’s Thumb & Ogre’s Den
Last week, I tried taking the Climbers Access Route up East End Mountain to Tom’s Thumb. I had to bail when I encountered a section […]
Climbers’ Route to Tom’s Thumb?
After my last hike, on Prospect Trail in Nevada’s Valley of Fire, it was back home this week. Being winter, I planned another ‘Locals Hike’, […]
Desert Park-Windgate Pass-Gateway Loop
With a short week due to being in Las Vegas last week, and Mission Viejo for Christmas, and working on the subsequent Valley of Fire […]