North Mountain
I don’t normally blog about short, local, maintenance hikes. That would be boring: “Yeah, I hiked up Camelback. Again.” Well, except Camelback is a zoo, […]
Locals Hike
Shaw Butte & North Mountain Double Summit
I’ve had it in mind for quite some time to do a double summit of Shaw Butte and North Mountain. North Mountain, as most people […]
Ford Canyon Loop
Working too hard on transferring data from my old site to this new one to take time to set up anything outside of town. I […]
Piestewa Peak
Most of my out of town hikes this month have been short, but I didn’t want to invest 4+ hours round trip drive time either, […]
Shaw Butte Trail #306
63°, partly cloudy, no breeze when I started at 1300. Perfect weather. Took Trail #100 to the NMVC, then started clockwise on #306. The little […]
Lookout Mountain
Got a late start because I was working on a non-hiking video project. 60°, and totally overcast, when I left home in Sunnyslope at 1500. Caught […]
Maricopa Peak
This hike gave me the idea to do my Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway series of hikes. (See the video, below.) Wow, that was slower […]
Go John Trail
Overton ➞ Slate ➞ Quartz ➞ Go John ➞ Overton loop It rained last night, and I got sprinkles as I headed north on Cave Creek Rd. I hit the trail about 7:10 […]
Butcher Jones Trail #463
I planned to hike from Butcher Jones TH across the north shore of Saguaro Lake to the AZNG site on Hill 1980 at the mouth […]
North Mountain
I kept a slow, but steady, pace up the North Mountain road. Back was getting sore, and I’m sure my heart rate was elevated, but […]