Willow Creek – Mogollon Rim
The head of Willow Creek is between Promontory Lookout and Carr Lake, on the Mogollon Rim. Willow Creek heads north past the Rancho Allegro site, […]
Bushwhack
Clam Beds & Red Basin
The Petrified Forest is a 221,391 acre national park in Navajo County and Apache County, in northeast Arizona. It is known for its fossils, the stunning […]
Barbershop Canyon
Last week’s expedition to Greens Peak did not yield the rainbow of fall color I had hoped for. The best fall color I’ve found in […]
Scouting Woods Canyon
In July, 2020, I attempted a through hike of Willow Springs Canyon and Woods Canyon. Long story short, I bit off more than I could […]
Middle Leonard Canyon
Middle Leonard Canyon is a four mile long canyon, located on the Mogollon Rim between Hospital Ridge and Knoll Ridge. Middle Leonard Canyon starts on […]
East Clear Creek Loop
I was too wore out last Thursday — after hammering out two blogs and two videos from our Telluride trip — to do an “away” […]
Merritt Draw & Maverick Canyon
Hiking Merritt Draw and Maverick Canyon was my eighth, and likely last, Mogollon Rim hike of 2020. It might be a little early yet, even at […]
Medlar Springs Trail #9706
Mid-week, Phoenix was in the midst of an unseasonable, but welcome, cold snap. Well, “cold” by Phoenix standards: Overnight lows were in the mid-60s! 🥶 […]
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 […]
Upper Miller Canyon
Two years ago, I hiked middle Miller Canyon, the four miles north of FR 141H. (“Middle” is the section, not the actual name of the […]