Yeager Canyon & Buck Springs Canyon
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.)](https://prestonm.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_5955-326x245.jpg)
General Crook Trail: V57-V62
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 […]
Baby Snek!
Doing one of my regular bike loops, through Dreamy Draw, in the Phoenix Mountains Preserve. Zipping down the bike path towards AZ-51 / Piestewa Freeway, […]
Split Oak Forest
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 […]
Bean Peaks Gravity Flow Trails
I was going to ride some mellow forest roads on the Mogollon Rim, but decided instead to hook up with my unicycle-riding buddy Prescottstyle to […]
Lower Miller Canyon
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
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 […]
HL Canyon Trail #11
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 […]
General Crook Trail: V6-V16
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 […]
Kingsnake’s Dashcam #118
A lot of my non-hiking spare time the last few months has gone into working on the Sunnyslope Murder Tour. Sunnyslope isn’t a large neighborhood, […]