Coconino National Forest

Apache Maid Mountain looks like a layer cake. Note the fire smoke on the left.

Apache Maid Mountain

2025-11-12 Hiking 0

I started my winter, lower-elevation, hiking program last week at Peoria Sunrise Mountain Preserve. When I finished around 1 p.m., it was a toasty 87℉. […]

Orange jelly. I hadn't seen it in several years, but found it in three places below FR 321C in McClintock Draw.

McClintock Draw

2025-10-22 Hiking 0

McClintock Draw is a small canyon on the Mogollon Rim, between McClintock Ridge and Dane Ridge. McClintock Draw extends for only 2¾ miles, before emptying […]

A half mile of FR 95, on both sides of Bear Canyon, was closed in May, 2019, after flooding wiped out the crossing. I heard there was a bridge there, but I saw no bridge remains, of any kind, upstream of Quien Sabe Draw.

Quien Sabe Draw

2025-09-04 Hiking 0

Quien Sabe Draw is a small canyon on the Mogollon Rim, between Turkey Pen Ridge and Fred Haught Ridge. Only 2½ miles long, Quien Sabe […]

I love the way the false hellebore / corn lily frames the pine needles.

Sandstone Canyon

2025-07-02 Hiking 0

Sandstone Canyon is a short canyon that starts at Sandstone Tank, and ends only 2¼ miles later at West Leonard Canyon. Sandstone Canyon is dead […]