Mahan Mountain & Hutch Mountain
Mahan Mountain (8,270 el.) and Hutch Mountain (8,532 el.) are a pair of small mountains, located nine miles south of Mormon Lake, and six miles […]
Peak Bagging
San Pedro Vista to Mount Bigelow
My birthday week is usually our annual July expedition to the Santa Catalina Mountains. We go down a day early, and leave the day after, […]
Lost Dog Wash to Sunrise Peak
Sunrise Peak is in Scottsdale’s McDowell Sonoran Preserve, the largest city park in the United States at 30,500 acres. Maricopa County’s McDowell Mountain Regional Park, […]
Black Mountain
Since I finished the C&O Canal, I plan on returning to doing Appalachian Trail day / segment hikes. There’s a lot of up & downs […]
Apache Maid Mountain
I started my winter, lower-elevation, hiking program last week at Peoria Sunrise Mountain Preserve. When I finished around 1 p.m., it was a toasty 87℉. […]
Black Mountain
Arizona has at least six Black Mountains, including two in Pima County. Today’s Black Mountain is in Cave Creek. (Technically, the summit is in Carefree, […]
Maverick Hill Trail #568
Maverick Hill is a straight forward workout hike, in a remote location, with some good views. But Maverick Hill is a long way from Phoenix. […]
Mount Davis
Our plan was to do the usual double summit, but Yankee Doodle Trail #284 up Mount Union is closed. (It crosses a deeded mining claim, […]
Hyde Mountain
After a complete lack of flowers at Picacho Peak and Phoenix Sonoran Preserve the last two weeks, I decided to skip this week’s scheduled Phoenix-area […]
Governors Peak
Less than an hour from my home in Sunnyslope, Governors Peak is not far from Phoenix. The trailhead is on a dirt road, but one […]