Phoenix Mountains Preserve – Kingsnake's Home Den

2023-05-29 Hiking 0

TL;DR Like North Mountain, but on dirt instead of pavement. Great views. I discovered this hike totally by accident: I usually drive Shea to my […]

2022-12-31 Video 0

Sick this week, so didn’t get out for my planned Maricopa Trail hike. Instead, I threw together my first graffiti video since — ironically — […]

2022-09-19 Hiking 0

Thought I was doing okay. Made final turn at 12:25, which is 30-60 seconds faster than normal. Thought, “Hell, if I really push, I have […]

2021-11-17 Hiking 0

Today, November 17, is National Take a Hike Day — something I only realized sometime in the past year. My two previous hikes on this […]

2020-10-19 Hiking 0

Got some travel coming up, so not going for an “away” hike this Thursday. Instead, I will be climbing North Mountain by the steep dirt […]

2020-03-12 Hiking 0

Decided a long hike looking for flowers might not be a good choice today, so i’m sticking around the house. Watching radar, I snuck out […]

2018-01-03 Hiking, Rant 0

When I was walking around my hood yesterday, I noticed that an ATV had crossed the widely spaced small boulders at the 12th St. trailhead, […]

2017-12-24 Hiking 0

I was intending to do a hike in the Weaver Mountains today, but with overnight temps in the mid-30s in Phoenix, I knew it would […]

2017-05-07 Hiking 0

I had planned to do a hike up in Yavapai County on Saturday, but PrescottStyle had to work. Since the temperature was scheduled to top out […]

2017-02-04 Hiking 0

Shaw Butte is my go to hike when I can’t get away for an away from home hike. From the North Mountain Visitor Center, doing […]