Cottonwood Trail #508
Heading east from Dewey, this is a bonus, non-canonical, 15th segment of General Crook Trail. As surveyed by the general himself in 1871, the General […]
Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest
Porcupine Canyon Police Call
In the Army, a “police call” is when you pick up garbage around your “AO” (area of operations, usually a barracks or motor pool). When […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
General Crook Trail: V99-V107
Heading east from Dewey, this is the 13th segment of General Crook Trail. I believe the original General Crook Trail continues along Rim Road to Show […]
General Crook Trail Bail
I planned to hike the 12th segment of the General Crook Trail. I knew AZ-87 had landslide clearance going on north of Sunflower from 8:00 p.m. […]
Wild Horses – Mogollon Rim
Last week, I hiked the 12th segment of the General Crook Trail., from FR 487 to the Holcomb Homestead at Phoenix Park (a small prairie on […]
General Crook Trail: V89-V99
Heading east from Dewey, this is the 12th segment of General Crook Trail. The General Crook Trail is named after General George Crook, who surveyed a […]