Cottonwood Trail #508
Heading east from Dewey, this is a bonus, non-canonical, 15th segment of General Crook Trail. As surveyed by the general himself in 1871, the General […]
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A.T.: Ashby’s Gap to Mount Weather
On our last visit to Maryland, I biked the Great Allegheny Passage from Cumberland to Frostburg. Afterwards, I started breaking down the remaining GAP Trail […]
Hiking Beer #11
Celebrating 93 years since Prohibition was repealed, 4/7 is National Beer Day in the USA. š„³ Unfortunately, I will be travelling on 4/7, drinking at […]
Lost Dog Wash to Sunrise Peak
Sunrise Peak is in Scottsdaleās McDowell Sonoran Preserve, the largest city park in the United States at 30,500 acres. Maricopa County’s McDowell Mountain Regional Park, […]
Black Mountain
Since I finished the C&O Canal, I plan on returning to doing Appalachian Trail day / segment hikes. There’s a lot of up & downs […]
North Mountain Intervals
It’s been over a year since I hiked North Mountain. Most of my during-the-week exercise has been biking around Sunnyslope. I decided to get back […]
Reach 11 Recreation Area
There’s a good decription of the overall Reach 11 Recreation Area from when I biked the west end last year, so I won’t repeat it, […]
South Mountain: Holbert Loop
Lots of folks frequently hike Phoenix’s South Mountain Park. Even though South Mountain has 100 miles of dirt trails spread over 16,283 acres, I prefer […]
Butterfield Stage: Estrella Rd. to Gap Well
What is now known as the Butterfield Stage Trail was in use at least as early as Juan Bautista de Anza’s expedition from Culiacan to […]
Ludden Mountain
Ludden Mountain is a double-peaked formation in far northwest Phoenix. The northern false summit is 2,043 ft., while the southern true summit is 2,197 ft. […]