Bear Canyon Lake
Gradually transitioning from bike riding, I didn’t become a regular hiker until 2011. That was also the year I did my first Mogollon Rim hike, […]
Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest
Gentry Canyon – Mogollon Rim
I’ve been hitting the Mogollon Rim pretty hard this year, but I need to up my game if I will ever reach my goal of […]
Woods Canyon Lake
The weatherman was predicting it would be 117℉ in Phoenix, near 100℉ in Prescott and Payson — the latter of which is in the closed […]
Willow Springs Canyon
I’ve hiked around Woods Canyon Lake several times, but I’ve never been down the canyon it drains into. The lake is my favorite place in […]
Buena Vista Trail #637
The past year or so my regular hike day is Thursday. But Arizona temperatures were scheduled to peak on Thursday — including 90℉ in Show […]
Open Draw – Gentry Ridge
Rim Rd. / FR 300 — the artery of the Mogollon Rim — is closed for five or six months a year, during the winter. […]
Turkey Creek – Gentry Ridge
Wow, what a crappy week I’ve had since I hiked Turkey Creek and Gentry Ridge. I wish I was still hiking the Mogollon Rim. 🚶♂️ […]
Beaver Canyon
Slowly, but surely, I am working my way through the canyons on the Mogollon Rim. At the end of May, I canyon crawled Box Canyon between […]
Woods Canyon Lake
I haven’t been up in Rim Country nearly enough this year. Only once, six weeks ago, on the Pine Canyon-Bearfoot Trail. Usually, I do 3-5 […]
Mogollon Rim Vista Loop
Rodeo is in Payson next weekend — 8/14-16 — so I figured I’d best do the Mogollon Rim Vista Loop today, rather than fight an […]