RATTLESNAKE PREPAREDNESS Encounter at Camp Creek It's that time of year again—the beginning of rattlesnake season. A report today on KJ...
Springtime hike in the Santa Catalina Mountains
ASPEN-MARSHALL GULCH LOOP Pusch Ridge Wilderness Marshall Gulch trail Half blaze-ravaged moonscape, half creek side woodland, this famously ...
Hiking Payson's Houston Mesa
HOUSTON MESA Payson View of the Mogollon Rim When I first hiked this trail in the early 1990s it was a very confusing trek. I got through ...
Wilderness waterfall hike
BARNHARDT CANYON to the FALLS Mazatzal Wilderness The box canyon big falls Last week's high-country snowfall has resurrected my hopes...
A stormy hike in Phoenix South Mountain Park
LAS LOMITAS LOOP South Mountain Park, Phoenix Yesterday, here in Phoenix, it was 87 degrees. Today: 59. Welcome to the wild and wacky worl...
Prescott rails-to-trails hike
PRESCOTT PEAVINE NATIONAL RECREATION TRAIL City of Prescott Rails-to-Trails project Watson Lake Following a portion of the de-commissione...
Sedona vortex hike
COW PIES TRAIL Sedona Renowned for its come-hither, otherworldly beauty, Sedona is like a quivering supernova on the Arizona landscape. The ...
Lost Dutchman State Park guided hikes
Medicinal plants of the Sonoran Desert hike Apache Junction creosote There’s always something fun going on at Lost Dutchman State Park, and ...
Escape to "snowy" mountain
WOLVERTON MOUNTAIN-WHITE SPAR PEAK City of Prescott-Prescott National Forest Summit of White Spar In Prescott-- the town where the streets h...
A striking desert passage of the Arizona Trail
ALAMO CANYON Passage 17 of the Arizona Trail, Superior Picketpost Mountain For the first four miles of this undulating passage of state-trav...
New rating system for Valley hiking trails
Beware the “double black diamond” trails. The City of Phoenix and surrounding towns including Scottsdale, Glendale, Tempe and Fountain Hill...