Coconino County – Kingsnake's Home Den

General Crook Trail Index

2024-10-15 Hiking 0

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 […]

Looking up at Fisher Point, from the junction of Sandys Canyon and Walnut Canyon. Despite the nearby Brigade Fire, the sky really was this blue.

Sandys Canyon & Walnut Canyon

2024-09-25 Hiking 0

My pal Baron, his wife, and their two dogs, were camping by the Naval Observatory on Anderson Mesa. So, I drove up to Flagstaff for this […]

East Leonard Canyon

2024-08-21 Hiking 0

I haven’t done a canyon crawl in Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest since I sliced my arm in West Chevelon Canyon fourteen months ago. Sure, I did a […]

White Horse Lake to Sycamore Point

2024-08-14 Bike Riding 0

White Horse Lake is a dammed 35-acre lake, located 13 miles southeast Williams, on the rim of Sycamore Canyon. White Horse Lake Campground has 94 […]

Very nice patch of silvery lupine (Lupinus argenteus) at the south end of the second enclosure.

Houston Brothers Trail #171

2024-07-31 Hiking 0

I was going to hike hike Porcupine Ridge, near Woods Canyon, at the east end of the Mogollon Rim, but AZ-87 to Payson was closed down due […]

Lake One -- that is its name -- is just off AZ-260, about where trail marker V72 should be.

General Crook Trail: V71-V80

2024-07-24 Bike Riding 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the 10th segment of General Crook Trail. The original General Crook Trail, surveyed by General George Crook in 1871, was […]

Plenty of pygmy bluet on this General Crook Trail segment, but this was BY FAR the best cluster.

General Crook Trail: V62-V71

2024-07-09 Hiking 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the 9th segment of General Crook Trail. In 1871, General George Crook surveyed a supply road west from Fort Apache, […]