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 […]
Prescott National Forest
Medlar Springs Trail #9706
Mid-week, Phoenix was in the midst of an unseasonable, but welcome, cold snap. Well, “cold” by Phoenix standards: Overnight lows were in the mid-60s! 🥶 […]
Little Granite Mountain
The Tonto National Forest is back open, from fire restrictions, but after doing my last three hikes along the Mogollon Rim, I wanted to do […]
Mount Tritle
I’ve been in the Mount Tritle area several times before, most recently a year ago, when my mine exploring buddy Paul and I explored the […]
Granite Mountain Hotshots Juniper
The sixth anniversary of the Granite Mountain Hotshots sacrifice on Yarnell Hill was coming up on June 30th. I’ve been to the Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial […]
PCT: Thumb Butte to Katahn Rd.
Today was my second segment hike of the Prescott Circle Trail, a 54 mile, all dirt, loop around the city of Prescott. Two weeks ago […]
PCT: Copper Basin Rd. to Thumb Butte
The Prescott Circle Trail is a 54 mile, all dirt, loop around the city of Prescott. I’ve been on bits and pieces of the PCT […]
Woodchute Mountain-Martin Canyon
This week, big chunks of the Coconino National Forest, Kaibab National Forest, Tonto National Forest, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, and Arizona state lands between the Grand […]
Finch Wash Mine Exploration
My wife’s away for a second week, so my regular mine exploring buddy Prescottstyle (Paul) suggested we hike up Finch Wash in Copper Basin, just […]
Porter Mountain / Sunrise Mine
It’s been five months since Paul (‘PrescottStyle’) and I last did a hike together, to the Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park, south of Yarnell. […]