BCT: Orme Rd. to Old Cherry Rd.
The Black Canyon Trail (BCT) is a National Recreation Trail that stretches 93 miles, from Carefree Highway, in north Phoenix, to the John 3:16-17 spring box, […]
Prescott National Forest
General Crook Trail Index
In 1871, General George Crook surveyed a supply road west from Fort Apache, Arizona, across the Mogollon Rim to Camp Verde, then on to Fort […]
PCT: Turley Trailhead to Goldwater Lake
The Prescott Circle Trail (PCT) is a 54 mile, all dirt, loop around the city of Prescott — 58 if you count the sidewalk along Williamson […]
Prescott Circle Trail Index
The Prescott Circle Trail (PCT) is a 54-mile loop around Prescott that utilizes City of Prescott, Yavapai County and Prescott National Forest trails. The PCT […]
Mount Davis
Our plan was to do the usual double summit, but Yankee Doodle Trail #284 up Mount Union is closed. (It crosses a deeded mining claim, […]
General Crook Trail: P12-P2
Heading east from Dewey, this is the 2nd segment of General Crook Trail. In 1872, General George Crook — or rather his troops — built a road […]
General Crook Trail: P21-P12
Heading east from Dewey, this is the 1st segment of General Crook Trail. I have ongoing projects day hiking / biking the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, […]
Toohey Trick Tank Trail #9440
It’s been nine months since Prescottstyle (Paul) and I last hiked together. Now that the weather is better in mile-high Prescott, I figured we ought to […]
Hyde Mountain
After a complete lack of flowers at Picacho Peak and Phoenix Sonoran Preserve the last two weeks, I decided to skip this week’s scheduled Phoenix-area […]
Medlar Springs Trail #9706
Mid-week, Phoenix was in the midst of an unseasonable, but welcome, cold snap. Well, “cold” by Phoenix standards: Overnight lows were in the mid-60s! 🥶 […]