Maricopa Trail: Telegraph to Pima Canyon
Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 15th segment of the Maricopa Trail. At the beginning of 2021, I set out to day hike the […]
South Mountain (AZ)
Maricopa Trail: Bajada to Telegraph Pass
Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 14th segment of the Maricopa Trail. The Maricopa Trail is a 315-mile trail system in & around the […]
Maricopa Trail: Tres Rios to Bajada TH
Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 13th segment of the Maricopa Trail. My goal is to hike or bike all 240 miles of the […]
South Mountain: Pyramid Loop
Every winter, I do hikes in lower elevations, where there is no snow. Most of those are what I call a “locals hike“: Phoenix area hikes […]
Maricopa Peak
I was going to hike another segment of the Maricopa Trail today, but my wife was visiting family in Florida, and hiking from Anthem to […]
Graffiti #4
It’s been over three years since my last graffiti video. Oh, I’ve had the material sitting on my computer, but I was so busy with […]
Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway
It first occured to me to check out the west end of South Mountain Park while hiking the Alta Trail up Maricopa Peak in March, […]
South Mountain: Desert Foothills Loop
16,283 acre South Mountain Park is the largest city park in the United States. It is popular with the usual array of Phoenix outdoor activities: Hikers, […]
Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway
In preparation for my 10th, and final, Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway survey hike, I created a new route to follow. After downloading the route […]
Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway
This was my ninth Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway survey hike. My first survey hike was four years ago, in April, 2015. Hard to believe […]