PCT: White Spar to Copper Basin Rd.
Today was my penultimate segment hike of the Prescott Circle Trail, a 56-mile loop around the city of Prescott. “The Other PCT” is mostly dirt, […]
Arizona
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 […]
Graffiti #7: Arizona Canal & Cave Creek
I ride my bicycle along some portion of the Arizona Canal — aka The Homeless Highway — every week. Usually I stick around Sunnyslope, but […]
Black Mountain
Arizona has at least six Black Mountains, including two in Pima County. Today’s Black Mountain is in Cave Creek. (Technically, the summit is in Carefree, […]
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. […]
Cave Creek Trail #4
Cave Creek Trail #4, per the National Forest Service, “passes through the Arizona Upland Phase of the Sonoran Desert and through riparian areas of sycamore […]
Hiking Beer #10
92 years ago, today, April 7th, the United States told the Carrie Nation killjoys to go f**k themselves with a pony keg. Yes, today is […]
FR 1058 to Bronco Trailhead
Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 26th segment of the Maricopa Trail. My goal the past five years has been to hike or bike […]