SPUR CROSS RUINS Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area Maricopa County Parks To the untrained eye, the desert hillsides that flank Cave Creek s...
HORSE CROSSING
HORSE CROSSING TRAIL Coconino National Forest A leisurely amble through the pristine and complex canyon system of upper East Clear Creek rev...
KINDER CROSSING
KINDER CROSSING Coconino National Forest When dogs dream about hiking, images of Kinder Crossing dance in their heads. Tucked into a pictur...
CACTUS FLOWERS
December19, 2008 For all of you in the Midwest and New England who are enjoying today's BLIZZARD, here's a gallery of desert blooms ...
GROOM CREEK
GROOM CREEK LOOP Prescott National Forest Topping off at 7,700 feet of elevation, the well-maintained Groom Creek trail heads steeply uphill...
DONOHUE TRAIL
DONAHUE TRAIL Tonto National Forest THE HIKE: From the trailhead, follow the Pine Canyon Trail #26 0.5-mile to the Pine View trail #28 junc...
HARQUAHALA PACK TRAIL
HARQUAHALA PACK TRAIL Harquahala Mountain Wilderness Area An abandoned solar observatory on top of the 5,691-foot summit of Harquahala ...
Y-BAR
Y Bar Trail #44 Mazatzal Wilderness Rugged, contorted escarpments of shimmering metamorphic rocks studded with high chapparal woodlands are...
SYCAMORE RIM
SYCAMORE RIM Kaibab National Forest, Sycamore Canyon Wilderness A meager crack in a wind-swept prairie marks the origin of Arizona’s second ...
INNER BASIN
INNER BASIN TRAIL Coconino National Forest UPDATE: as of April 2011, this trail is OPEN . Details: http://www.redrockcountry.org/about-...
WILLOW SPRINGS LAKE
WILLOW SPRINGS LAKE TRAIL Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest Although it’s best known as one of the best mountain bike trails on the Mogollon...
SEE CANYON
SEE CANYON Nothing says “autumn in the high country” quite like a willowy stand of golden-crowned aspens. Transient and opportunistic, aspe...
DREW TRAIL
DREW TRAIL While the downside of wildfires is the destruction of our beloved woodlands, the upside is improved forest health and the opening...