Looking west, from the HL Saddle Picnic Area, towards snow-capped Mount Graham.

HL Canyon Trail #11

2024-04-30 0

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 […]

How'd that happen?

West Chevelon Canyon

2023-07-06 0

Hard to believe it has been 10 months since my last Mogollon Rim canyon crawl, in West Leonard Canyon. Didn’t do one in April. Nor May. […]

Looking from Pole Knoll's false summit, southwest towards Sunrise Ski Area.

Pole Knoll

2022-09-28 0

If fall color in Lockett Meadow, near Flagstaff, around 8,600 ft. elevation, peaks the last week of September, then surely the area around Greer, at […]

The fire lookout atop Juniper Ridge. I figured the razorwire meant he didn't want visitors ...

Lookout Connector Trail

2022-05-25 0

As I discovered hiking the White Mountain Trail System (WMTS) the last two years, Show Low and Pinetop-Lakeside get pretty toasty mid-day in June. Hoping […]