Iron King Trail
With five of the six national forests closed in Arizona until at least September, finding a hike — let alone nine! — in Arizona that […]
Hiking
PCT: Watson Lake to Turley Trailhead
On Monday, the Coconino National Forest and Kaibab Forest closed due to extreme wildfire threat. I was planning on hiking around Knoll Lake, on the […]
Blue Ridge Trail #107
Assuming the highway is not blocked due to a wildfire — more on that later — it is a 3½ hour drive from Phoenix to […]
East Clear Creek Loop
I was too wore out last Thursday — after hammering out two blogs and two videos from our Telluride trip — to do an “away” […]
Bridal Veil Falls
After driving nearly 500 miles up from Phoenix, my wife and I were spent the week in Mountain Village, the ski resort above the city […]
Bear Canyon Lake
Gradually transitioning from bike riding, I didn’t become a regular hiker until 2011. That was also the year I did my first Mogollon Rim hike, […]
BCT: Cordes to Big Bug Creek
Due to lack of rain during the winter monsoon, this spring has been no super bloom. Rather the opposite. It wasn’t until last week at […]
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 […]
Noland’s Ferry to Weverton Cliffs
The second of my two Easter weekend hikes on the C&O Canal. It was supposed to be the first one, but I called an audible […]
Snyder’s Landing to McMahon’s Mill
As you may have sussed, I don’t live in Maryland. (Unless there is a desert I am unaware of in Washington County.) Thus, section hiking […]