Finishing Up Alder Canyon
Two weeks ago, due to heavy rain, I bailed out of Alder Canyon. Didn’t want to risk the flash flood I’d seen evidence of the […]
Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest
Alder Canyon
Alder Canyon is a 19-mile long canyon on the Mogollon Rim. Its head is at intermittent Alder Lake, north of Woods Canyon Lake, on FR […]
Stott Canyon – Hangmans Draw
Jamie Stott was a young man from back East, whose wealthy family was friends with Massachusetts Governor Thomas Talbot. Craving adventure, by October, 1885, Stott […]
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 […]
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 […]