Porcupine Canyon
Today’s Mogollon Rim canyon crawl is down an unnamed canyon. Let’s call it “Porcupine Canyon”, after Porcupine Ridge, which forms its west flank. After exiting […]
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Santa Rosa, CA
I first visited Santa Rosa around 1971 when the population was 50,000. My grandparents had retired there from Los Angeles. We flew out for that […]
General Crook Trail: V107-V114
Heading east from Dewey, this is the 14th and final segment of General Crook Trail. In 1872, General George Crook‘s troops built a road from […]
General Crook Trail Index
In 1871, General George Crook surveyed a supply road west from Fort Apache, Arizona, across the Mogollon Rim to Camp Verde, then on to Fort […]
Black Mountain
Arizona has at least six Black Mountains, including two in Pima County. Today’s Black Mountain is in Cave Creek. (Technically, the summit is in Carefree, […]
Maverick Hill Trail #568
Maverick Hill is a straight forward workout hike, in a remote location, with some good views. But Maverick Hill is a long way from Phoenix. […]
Cave Creek Trail #4
Cave Creek Trail #4, per the National Forest Service, “passes through the Arizona Upland Phase of the Sonoran Desert and through riparian areas of sycamore […]
FR 1058 to Bronco Trailhead
Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 26th segment of the Maricopa Trail. My goal the past five years has been to hike or bike […]
Maricopa Trail Index
Maricopa Trail is a 315 mile trail system in Maricopa County. The 315 miles is the total, including access routes. The actual loop itself, around […]
Yavapai Point Trail
Today’s plan was to hike to the Cholla Benchmark, atop Yavapai Point, in Lake Pleasant Regional Park. 2025 has been the worst flower season since I […]