Maricopa Trail: Pima Cyn – Freestone Park
Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 16th segment of the Maricopa Trail. My goal is to hike or bike all 245 miles of the […]
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Maricopa Trail: Telegraph to Pima Canyon
Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 15th segment of the Maricopa Trail. At the beginning of 2021, I set out to day hike the […]
South Mountain: Pyramid Loop
Every winter, I do hikes in lower elevations, where there is no snow. Most of those are what I call a “locals hike“: Phoenix area hikes […]
South Mountain: Desert Foothills Loop
16,283 acre South Mountain Park is the largest city park in the United States. It is popular with the usual array of Phoenix outdoor activities: Hikers, […]
Guadelupe Ridge & Fat Man’s Pass
Fray Marcos de Niza (c. 1495-1558) was a Italian Franciscan friar who, in 1531, arrived in Spanish America to be a missionary. In 1536, the […]