Old Camp Reno
A couple of weeks ago, I began doing long range hike planning. The end result is I have hikes scheduled through the end of April, […]
Gila County
Off Roading A-Cross Ranch Rd.
Today was the third time in four weeks I planned to hike Tanner Peak, in the Sierra Ancha between the Tonto Basin and Pleasant Valley. […]
Rock Wall Trail #608
After last week’s hike to Tonto Natural Bridge, this is the second week in a row where I would not have enough time to make […]
Pine to Tonto Natural Bridge
I just did this hike three weeks ago. Normally, I’ll wait years before I repeat a hike. Heck, the first 60 times I hiked in […]
Derrick-Highline-Horton Loop
I waited until late on Thursday to come up with something. I checked weather reports for Payson, Prescott and Peeples Valley trying to figure out […]
Pine to Tonto Natural Bridge
I came up with the idea for this hike last year, after I did the Pine 2 Strawberry hike. I knew Tonto Natural Bridge was […]
Armer Mountain
Located just north of the east end of Roosevelt Lake in Gila County’s Sierra Ancha, Armer Mountain is where, on December 30, 1951, a C-47 […]
Pine 2 Strawberry
Hardscrabble Mesa AZT #26 → Walnut Trail #251 → Pine-Strawberry Trail #15 Rather than following the initial route south, I cut straight across AZ-87, using the culvert just […]
Geronimo TH to Pine
I knew I wouldn’t be able to get out today, 8/16, so I made this my Airborne Day hike. (The first U.S. military jump, by […]
Rock Wall Trail #608
Started from larger parking area about a quarter mile north of the official trailhead, on the west side of the road. Plenty of parking there. […]