North Mountain
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 […]
Hiking
Phoenix Sonoran Preserve
My wife and I were in Houston the end of February, so I didn’t get a hike in the week we left, as we were […]
First Water to Canyon Lake
The two major trailheads for the Superstition Mountains are Peralta Trailhead to the south and First Water Trailhead to the north. Sure, there are others, […]
BCT: Boy Scout Loop
The Boy Scout Loop is the second segment, south-to-north, of the Black Canyon Trail. The BCT is a National Recreation Trail that stretches 80 miles […]
Limestone Trail #252
I had thought about doing something else this week, but then Gary, aka LosDosSloFolks, from HikeArizona.com contacted me about doing the Limestone Trail #252 loop. […]
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, […]
San Tan Mountain Regional Park
The Phoenix metro area — aka the “Valley of the Sun” — is so large it is hard to grasp how big it really is: […]
Kaiser Hot Spring – Burro Creek Mine
2019 was a tough year for me in terms of consistently getting out for ‘away hikes’, so after hiking the Black Canyon Trail last week, […]
BCT: Carefree Hwy. to New River Rd.
The Black Canyon Trail (BCT) is a National Recreation Trail that stretches 80 miles from the Carefree Highway, in far north Phoenix, to Russian Well, […]
Bowl of Fire – Northshore Summit
Bowl of Fire is not Valley of Fire, which is a Nevada state park. Bowl of Fire is part of Lake Mead National Recreation Area, […]