PHOENIX magazine Summer Hiking Guide 2012

Hikers, thanks for your queries regarding "Where's the PHOENIX magazine July 2012 Summer Hiking Guide?" After a successful 6-...

Wildland-Urban Interface hiking

FORT VALLEY TRAIL SYSTEM Flagstaff Located in Fort Valley Restoration Project treatment area, this collection of serpentine trails winds amo...

Cool summer hike at Big Springs

BIG SPRINGS ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY AREA Pinetop-Lakeside Worth the trip if only to view the swarms of Technicolor dragonflies, a walk through t...

Tonto National Forest closures begin today

Extreme fire conditions force closure of parts of the Tonto. Mazatzal Wilderness Effective today, June 21, 2012, two area closures go into e...

Mark your calendar for the 2012 Phoenix Summit Challenge

View from Lookout Mountain Near the top of Ranger Trail Here'a the link to register: http://phoenix.gov/parks/trails/specials/summit2012...

Poco Fire limits access to several trails

The Poco Fire which was reported on Thursday, June 14, 2012 on the Tonto National Forest  has grown to 3,700 acres.  It's burning near ...

What goes around, comes around on Lake Mountain

LAKE MOUNTAIN LOOP Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest Lake Mountain lookout, built in 1926 If you’ve been reading this blog for any time at a...

The back way up Mount Elden

MOUNT ELDEN via UPPER OLDHAM TRAIL Flagstaff Heading out on the "catwalk" Final approach to Mount Elden There's more than one ...

Hiking Arizona's "everglades"

CARNERO LAKE Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest Carnero Lake, June 2, 2012 Even to the casual observer, it's clear that Arizona boasts  a...

Hike to the high point of the Springerville Volcanic Field

GREEN'S PEAK Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest Looking southeast from the summit of Green's Peak More popular with hang gliders than...