Guadelupe Ridge & Fat Man’s Pass
Fray Marcos de Niza (c. 1495-1558) was a Italian Franciscan friar who, in 1531, arrived in Spanish America to be a missionary. In 1536, the […]
South Mountain (AZ)
Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway
As you may have sussed from the header graphic, this was my eighth Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway survey hike. My first one was April, […]
Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway
This is my seventh Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway survey hike. I’ve done them every six months or so since April, 2015, when the freeway’s path […]
Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway
When the path of the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway was finalized back in 2015, I decided I would document the changes at the west […]
Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway
This is my fifth survey of the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway right-of-way. I did my first Loop 202 survey on April 13, 2015, and […]
South Mountain Loop
Bajada → Ranger → National → Goat Hill → National → Bursera → Gila → National → Bajada I had planned to hike to Peter’s Cave, out near Tortilla Flat, in the Superstition […]
Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway
Today was the fourth of my biannual South Mountain Freeway / Loop 202 survey hikes, that I started in April, 2015. The basic concept is […]
Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway
Though it’s only been about four months since my last trek up the Loop 202 right-of-way, it has been a year since I first surveyed […]
Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway
This is my second trip out here, the last being eight months ago. I was expecting prep work — positioning equipment & supplies, etc. — […]
Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway
I wanted to hike the future route of the South Mountain Loop 202 freeway, but did not think there would be a place to park […]