Finishing Up Alder Canyon
Two weeks ago, due to heavy rain, I bailed out of Alder Canyon. Didn’t want to risk the flash flood I’d seen evidence of the […]
Mogollon Rim
Alder Canyon
Alder Canyon is a 19-mile long canyon on the Mogollon Rim. Its head is at intermittent Alder Lake, north of Woods Canyon Lake, on FR […]
Middle Barbershop Bail
Barbershop Canyon is a 14-mile long canyon on the Mogollon Rim. The head of Barbershop Canyon is at Burnt Point. Dick Hart Ridge is on […]
Stott Canyon – Hangmans Draw
Jamie Stott was a young man from back East, whose wealthy family was friends with Massachusetts Governor Thomas Talbot. Craving adventure, by October, 1885, Stott […]
Potato Lake Draw
Potato Lake Draw is a shallow “canyon” at the west end of the Mogollon Rim. Starting at Baker Butte, Potato Lake Draw runs 2½ miles, past […]
Porcupine Canyon Police Call
In the Army, a “police call” is when you pick up garbage around your “AO” (area of operations, usually a barracks or motor pool). When […]
McClintock Draw
McClintock Draw is a small canyon on the Mogollon Rim, between McClintock Ridge and Dane Ridge. McClintock Draw extends for only 2¾ miles, before emptying […]
Quien Sabe Draw
Quien Sabe Draw is a small canyon on the Mogollon Rim, between Turkey Pen Ridge and Fred Haught Ridge. Only 2½ miles long, Quien Sabe […]
Sandstone Canyon
Sandstone Canyon is a short canyon that starts at Sandstone Tank, and ends only 2¼ miles later at West Leonard Canyon. Sandstone Canyon is dead […]
Porcupine Canyon
Today’s Mogollon Rim canyon crawl is down an unnamed canyon. Let’s call it “Porcupine Canyon”, after Porcupine Ridge, which forms its west flank. After exiting […]