
Maricopa County


BCT: Emery Henderson to Boy Scout Loop
Directions: North I-17, exit 232. West New River Rd. ~3.4 miles to TH. Gate is left open, so you can get in before sunrise. Report: I […]

BCT: Emery Henderson to Carefree Hwy.
Directions: North I-17, exit west Carefree Highway. Go 6.4 miles to New River Rd, turn north. (Warning, this is *just* after the Lake Pleasant Pkwy. […]

Seven Springs to Cave Creek
Third time up in this area after doing the Cave Creek/Skunk Tank Loop and Bronco Trail #245 in February. Started at 6:10 a.m. to minimize […]

Butterfield / Pedersen / Coldwater Loop
Did this last weekend, as I wanted to test myself at a longer distance. Mostly, it turned out to be a mental test, as Pedersen […]

Ford Canyon Loop
Took Dunlap / Olive all straight across Phoenix from 7th St. West bound traffic not too bad, even for a week day before seven. Hit […]

First Water Upper Creek Loop
Met up with AZLumberjack about 0700. Had my water hiking shoes this week, but forgot my camera. It’s always something. At least I had my Blackberry, […]

Goldfield Ovens Loop
Directions: Red Mountain Freeway (202), exit Power Rd. (Go south on Power to McDowell to get a Tonto day pass at the Valero or Shell, […]

Bronco to Seven Springs
I started hiking at 0820. It was sunny, high 50s (warming to upper 60s), no breeze. I liked the Seven Springs area so much last week, […]

Cave Creek / Skunk Tank Loop
I started hiking at 0750. It was sunny, 34 degrees, no breeze (praise jeebus). I was hoping to get started by 0730, but I sat […]