East Mountain Trail #214
It’s been four and a half years since I hiked in the Pinal Mountains. (I lost my GPS exploring the Bellevue Ghost Town & Gibson […]
Peak Bagging
Scott Mountain & Ray Mine
The Dripping Springs Mountains are not an area I had heard of until one day I was randomly perusing a topo map, and noticed the […]
South Fortuna Mountain
I lived in southern California — Rancho Palos Verdes and Torrance — in the late 70s, but I don’t recall ever having gone for a […]
Tanner Peak
I’ve had Tanner Peak on my list for two years, since I hiked Armer Mountain, looking for the West Point C-47 wreckage. The last time […]
Alamo Lake BM Loop
Four years ago, almost to the day, I first hiked the Alamo Lake BM Loop. Back in early 2013, I was still trying to find […]
Quien Sabe Peak
I first noticed Quien Sabe Peak’s distinct formation while hiking Cottonwood Creek from the Bronco Trailhead to Cave Creek last April. I frequently plan hikes, then don’t […]
North Mountain
I don’t normally blog about short, local, maintenance hikes. That would be boring: “Yeah, I hiked up Camelback. Again.” Well, except Camelback is a zoo, […]
Shaw Butte & North Mountain Double Summit
I’ve had it in mind for quite some time to do a double summit of Shaw Butte and North Mountain. North Mountain, as most people […]
Harquahala Peak
Harquahala Peak is the highest point in the Harquahala Mountains, which stretch from Aguila, in the far west end of Maricopa County, to Salome, in […]
Piestewa Peak
Most of my out of town hikes this month have been short, but I didn’t want to invest 4+ hours round trip drive time either, […]