Looking north across Potato Lake. I like this perspective the best. Lots of white clover, plus elk & deer scat.

Potato Lake Draw

2026-06-24 0

Potato Lake Draw is a shallow “canyon” at the west end of the Mogollon Rim. Starting at Baker Butte,  Potato Lake Draw runs 2½ miles, past […]

Prescott Circle Trail (The Other PCT)

Prescott Circle Trail Index

2026-05-06 0

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 […]

Cottonwood Trail #508: The human-only v-gate on FR 139, just south of AZ-260.

Cottonwood Trail #508

2026-04-22 0

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 […]

Enjoying a hiking beer atop Sunrise Peak. (That palo verde is the high point.)

Lost Dog Wash to Sunrise Peak

2026-03-12 0

Sunrise Peak is in Scottsdale’s McDowell Sonoran Preserve, the largest city park in the United States at 30,500 acres. Maricopa County’s McDowell Mountain Regional Park, […]