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 […]
Mogollon Rim
General Crook Trail: V89-V99
Heading east from Dewey, this is the 12th segment of General Crook Trail. The General Crook Trail is named after General George Crook, who surveyed a […]
East Leonard Canyon
I haven’t done a canyon crawl in Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest since I sliced my arm in West Chevelon Canyon fourteen months ago. Sure, I did a […]
Houston Brothers Trail #171
I was going to hike hike Porcupine Ridge, near Woods Canyon, at the east end of the Mogollon Rim, but AZ-87 to Payson was closed down due […]
General Crook Trail: V71-V80
Heading east from Dewey, this is the 10th segment of General Crook Trail. The original General Crook Trail, surveyed by General George Crook in 1871, was […]
General Crook Trail: V62-V71
Heading east from Dewey, this is the 9th segment of General Crook Trail. In 1871, General George Crook surveyed a supply road west from Fort Apache, […]
Yeager Canyon & Buck Springs Canyon
Yeager Canyon is a 14-mile long canyon, located on the Mogollon Rim between Dane Ridge and Buck Springs Ridge. Yeager Canyon starts on Rim Rd. […]
![Confusion was the theme of the day! Sign reads [Promontory "V" Tree]. Supposed location of V62, but etched as "V63". Didn't find any marking on any of the four adjacent large trees -- one broke near base -- and I scanned them 360° all the way up. (In case the mark gained height with tree growth.)](https://prestonm.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_5955-326x245.jpg)
General Crook Trail: V57-V62
Heading east from Dewey, this is the second part of the 8th segment of General Crook Trail. The General Crook Trail is named after General George […]
Lower Miller Canyon
Miller Canyon flows north from the Mogollon Rim at Hi View Point, 13 miles to East Clear Creek, just upstream from C.C. Cragin Reservoir. Miller […]
General Crook Trail: V51-V57
Heading east from Dewey, this is the first part of the 8th segment of General Crook Trail. In 1872, General George Crook surveyed a road from Fort […]