Hiking – Page 3 – Kingsnake's Home Den

Very nice patch of silvery lupine (Lupinus argenteus) at the south end of the second enclosure.

Houston Brothers Trail #171

2024-07-31 Hiking 0

I was going to hike hike Porcupine Ridge, near Woods Canyon, at the east end of the Mogollon Rim, but AZ-87 to Payson was closed down due […]

Orange sneezeweed (Hymenoxys hoopesii) on the summit of Mount Lemmon. I found orange sneezeweed as low as 7,900 ft. el., near Mint Spring.

Mount Lemmon from Mint Spring

2024-07-17 Hiking 0

I’m trying to make Mount Lemmon, and its environs, an annual summer hiking trip. Don’t get me wrong: I enjoy hiking the much closer Mogollon Rim, but […]

Plenty of pygmy bluet on this General Crook Trail segment, but this was BY FAR the best cluster.

General Crook Trail: V62-V71

2024-07-09 Hiking 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the 9th segment of General Crook Trail. In 1871, General George Crook surveyed a supply road west from Fort Apache, […]

Most deeply-colored wallflower I've ever found, all along Yeager Canyon. More high country flowers.

Yeager Canyon & Buck Springs Canyon

2024-06-26 Hiking 0

Yeager Canyon is a 14-mile long canyon, located on the Mogollon Rim between Dane Ridge and Buck Springs Ridge. Yeager Canyon starts on Rim Rd. […]

Confusion was the theme of the day! Sign reads [Promontory "V" Tree]. Supposed location of V62, but etched as "V63". Didn't find any marking on any of the four adjacent large trees -- one broke near base -- and I scanned them 360° all the way up. (In case the mark gained height with tree growth.)

General Crook Trail: V57-V62

2024-06-12 Hiking 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the second part of the 8th segment of General Crook Trail. The General Crook Trail is named after General George […]

Split Oak Forest

2024-05-31 Hiking 0

I try to get a hike in everywhere I travel: Connecticut, Scotland, Oklahoma, Belgium, etc. It’s difficult finding trails in Florida, as what isn’t swamp […]

Lots of interesting walls in Miller Canyon.

Lower Miller Canyon

2024-05-14 Hiking 0

Miller Canyon flows north from the Mogollon Rim at Hi View Point, 13 miles to East Clear Creek, just upstream from C.C. Cragin Reservoir. Miller […]

General Crook Trail: V51-V57

2024-05-08 Hiking 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the first part of the 8th segment of General Crook Trail. In 1872, General George Crook surveyed a road from Fort […]

Looking west, from the HL Saddle Picnic Area, towards snow-capped Mount Graham.

HL Canyon Trail #11

2024-04-30 Hiking 0

I’ve long wanted to hike the entirety of Deer Creek, in Aravaipa Canyon. Thirteen months ago, I even took a stab at it, but had to bail […]

In the 1870s, General Crook Trail mileage was scratched in trees and rocks. In the 1970s, Boy Scouts replaced the missing rocks and fallen trees with a 24″ high logs, 4″ diameter, with the mileage etched & painted into the log.

General Crook Trail: V6-V16

2024-04-24 Hiking 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the 3rd segment of General Crook Trail. From the Copper Canyon Trailhead (P2) on FR 136, I skipped eight miles […]