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General Crook Trail: V51-V57

2024-05-08 Hiking 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the first part of the 8th segment of General Crook Trail. In 1872, General George Crook surveyed a road from Fort […]

In the 1870s, General Crook Trail mileage was scratched in trees and rocks. In the 1970s, Boy Scouts replaced the missing rocks and fallen trees with a 24″ high logs, 4″ diameter, with the mileage etched & painted into the log.

General Crook Trail: V6-V16

2024-04-24 Hiking 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the 3rd segment of General Crook Trail. From the Copper Canyon Trailhead (P2) on FR 136, I skipped eight miles […]

The Dude Fire burned so hot, that 33 years later Moore Creek hasn't recovered.

General Crook Trail: V43-V51

2023-10-11 Hiking 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the 7th segment of General Crook Trail. I originally plotted the seventh segment of the General Crook Trail to run […]

Fisher Point, at the junction of Sandys Canyon, Walnut Canyon and Fay Canyon.

Sandys Canyon & Walnut Canyon

2023-09-14 Hiking 0

TL;DR I didn’t take many pictures. For a full description, read my 2020 Sandys Canyon / Walnut Canyon blog. I’ve been through Sandys Canyon, into […]

Singed and sooty chevron on ponderosa pine charred by the Wilbur Fire.

General Crook Trail: V27-V33

2023-09-06 Hiking 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the 5th segment of General Crook Trail. I hiked the previous General Crook Trail segment, from Upper Sawlog Tank #1 […]

Big, puffy, clouds started rolling in from the north about 9:30 a.m. I first heard thunder at 10:50 a.m.

General Crook Trail: V39-V43

2023-07-26 Hiking 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the second part of the 6th segment of General Crook Trail. The overall sixth segment of the General Crook Trail, […]

This hiking garbage might be even more costly than the Glock 9mm magazine I found in West Chevelon Canyon.

Campbell Mesa to Fisher Point

2023-07-11 Bike Riding 0

My planned second “away bike” of the summer was for an area I’d both biked before (Campbell Mesa) and hiked before (Fisher Point). On the […]

Bachelor's Button (Centaurea cyanus). Not sure how I figured this out, as it was only 1% likely on Wildflowersearch.org for elevation, color, size, etc. But it exactly matches the closeup on wikipedia. What a find!

General Crook Trail: V33-V39

2023-06-28 Hiking 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the first part of the 6th segment of General Crook Trail. Even though it is late June, the managed Wilbur Fire is […]

Looking across 229 acre Ashurst Lake, towards the San Francisco Peaks.

Anderson Mesa Land’o’Lakes

2023-06-08 Bike Riding 0

My first “away bike” of the summer was in an area I’d only skirted before: Anderson Mesa. (In 2017, I hiked from Marshall Lake to […]

Not very many paintbrush on this hike, but they were the most beautiful paintbrush I've ever seen: Dense, deeply red, clusters. More high country flowers.

General Crook Trail: V16-V27

2023-05-11 Hiking 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the 4th segment of General Crook Trail. I haven’t being doing enough elevation gain on my hikes to tackle the […]

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