Crackerbox Canyon
I’m gradually working my way through the many small canyons that drain off the Mogollon Rim, one or two per year: East Bear Canyon (2014) was […]
Mogollon Rim
Woods Canyon Lake
I haven’t been up in Rim Country nearly enough this year. Only once, six weeks ago, on the Pine Canyon-Bearfoot Trail. Usually, I do 3-5 […]
Pine Canyon-Bearfoot Trail
Another week, another search for a hike that isn’t over 100 degrees, isn’t threatened by a Biblical deluge, is within three hours of base camp, […]
Top 40 Photos of 2016
Last year, I decided to start summing up my hiking year in photos. A “Top 10 Photos of 2015“, if you will. No voting, just […]
Rock Wall Trail #608
After last week’s hike to Tonto Natural Bridge, this is the second week in a row where I would not have enough time to make […]
Derrick-Highline-Horton Loop
I waited until late on Thursday to come up with something. I checked weather reports for Payson, Prescott and Peeples Valley trying to figure out […]
East Miller Canyon
You are only lost if you have no idea where you are and no idea how to get to where you want to be. I have […]
Pine 2 Strawberry
Hardscrabble Mesa AZT #26 → Walnut Trail #251 → Pine-Strawberry Trail #15 Rather than following the initial route south, I cut straight across AZ-87, using the culvert just […]
Geronimo TH to Pine
I knew I wouldn’t be able to get out today, 8/16, so I made this my Airborne Day hike. (The first U.S. military jump, by […]
Rock Wall Trail #608
Started from larger parking area about a quarter mile north of the official trailhead, on the west side of the road. Plenty of parking there. […]