Coronado National Forest – Kingsnake's Home Den

Orange sneezeweed (Hymenoxys hoopesii) on the summit of Mount Lemmon. I found orange sneezeweed as low as 7,900 ft. el., near Mint Spring.

Mount Lemmon from Mint Spring

2024-07-17 Hiking 0

I’m trying to make Mount Lemmon, and its environs, an annual summer hiking trip. Don’t get me wrong: I enjoy hiking the much closer Mogollon Rim, but […]

Crystal Spring Trail #17

2023-07-19 Hiking 0

It has now been three years since the Bighorn Fire, and two years since I last hiked the Catalina Mountains. In 2021, I attempted Butterfly […]

I haven't seen so many yellow columbine since I hiked Cunningham Loop Trail #316 on Mount Graham!

Butterfly Trail #16

2021-08-05 Hiking 0

I last hiked Mount Lemmon in 2019, to the Upper Lemmon Canyon Pools. I would have hiked the Catalina Mountains last year, but on June […]

On Marshall Saddle, looking down into Lemmon Canyon.

Upper Lemmon Canyon Pools

2019-09-13 Hiking 0

When I hiked Green Mountain Trail #21, on Mount Lemmon, last year, it was the beginning of my occasional effort to range further afield with […]

The trail sign at the Grant Hill and Cunningham Trailheads is out-of-date: The middle of the Upper Loop, around Hill 9903, is washed out, turning Cunningham Loop Trail #316 into a "figure 8". Also, the hike is 8.1 miles, not 5.6.

Mount Graham Cunningham Loop #316

2019-07-12 Hiking 0

I was going to hike Cunningham Loop Trail #316 last week. I only made it to Gold Canyon. I figured after being rear-ended by a […]

Enjoying an Efes beer on the Green Mountain OP overlooking the Catalina Highway.

Green Mountain Trail #21

2018-08-16 Hiking 4

I only rarely hike in southern Arizona, because getting any place cool and shady is a 3+ hour drive, and I would like to get […]

Thankfully, no Big Horny Sheep took an interest in me.

Romero Pools

2018-04-27 Hiking 1

Friday is my normal hiking day. That gives me all weekend to work on the resulting photos, video & blog, and have the whole thing […]