Shaw Butte Trail #306
63°, partly cloudy, no breeze when I started at 1300. Perfect weather. Took Trail #100 to the NMVC, then started clockwise on #306. The little […]
Freedom Trail #302
55° when I left home at 1230. Perfect hiking weather. After shrink visit, had wife drop me off at Piestewa TH. Started hiking at 1430, […]
Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway
This is my second trip out here, the last being eight months ago. I was expecting prep work — positioning equipment & supplies, etc. — […]
Little Four Peaks
42° from Phoenix to Apache Junction. Got to AJ too soon for store to be open to buy the jacket I forgot. All the way […]
Lookout Mountain
Got a late start because I was working on a non-hiking video project. 60°, and totally overcast, when I left home in Sunnyslope at 1500. Caught […]
AZ 77 Highway Cleanup
The Aravaipa Property Owners Association cleaned up their section of AZ 77, just south of Aravaipa Creek, today. We also had a crew cleaning up […]
Arnett Creek – Telegraph Canyon Loop
I was in the Telegraph Canyon area last December 1st, looking for a route up the White Rock 3012 monolith, when I noticed a side […]
FR 1900 Mine Complex
It didn’t feel right attaching this to my Roblas Canyon-Bomboy Mine hike, so I figured I would throw this out there quick, while spending a […]
Bomboy Mine & Roblas Canyon
Dinner with my Dad tonight, and did not think I could get a decent hike in up north, and still make it back in time. […]
Picketpost Circumference
I know it is a bit late in the game for Rim color, but I was in Aravaipa the last weekend in September. I wanted […]