Dixie Mine Loop
After two weeks of minimal physical activity, including seven days sitting in my car, driving to & from Maryland, I needed to do some real […]
Locals Hike
Cave Creek Regional Park
Cave Creek Regional Park (CCRP) is considered one of the top spring flower destinations in the Phoenix area. There aren’t a whole lot of trails […]
Granite Mountain Loop
First off, just to be clear, this is the Granite Mountain in north Scottsdale’s McDowell Sonoran Preserve — not the Granite Mountain in Prescott, made […]
Phoenix Sonoran Preserve
My wife and I were in Houston the end of February, so I didn’t get a hike in the week we left, as we were […]
BCT: Boy Scout Loop
The Boy Scout Loop is the second segment, south-to-north, of the Black Canyon Trail. The BCT is a National Recreation Trail that stretches 80 miles […]
Limestone Trail #252
I had thought about doing something else this week, but then Gary, aka LosDosSloFolks, from HikeArizona.com contacted me about doing the Limestone Trail #252 loop. […]
South Mountain: Desert Foothills Loop
16,283 acre South Mountain Park is the largest city park in the United States. It is popular with the usual array of Phoenix outdoor activities: Hikers, […]
San Tan Mountain Regional Park
The Phoenix metro area — aka the “Valley of the Sun” — is so large it is hard to grasp how big it really is: […]
BCT: Carefree Hwy. to New River Rd.
The Black Canyon Trail (BCT) is a National Recreation Trail that stretches 80 miles from the Carefree Highway, in far north Phoenix, to Russian Well, […]
Windgate Pass-Bell Pass Loop
I spend the middle months of the year hiking in higher, somewhat cooler, locations, often involving long drives. Because, other than the Sky Islands, like […]