A waterfall for all

WATERFALL CANYON White Tank Mountain Regional Park Pool at the base of Waterfall Canyon: Feb. 12, 2013 Approaching the slot canyon How many ...

Winter water clears the weir

WEIR TRAIL Wet Beaver Creek Wilderness Wet Beaver Creek near the weir Near the weir Finding “Bell Trail Virgins” isn’t easy.   Ranking high ...

Up the down stonecase

GERONIMO TRAIL South Mountain Park This week, I achived an accidental milestone--I have now hiked every single mile of South Mountain Park o...

Hike with an archeologist

March is Archeology & Heritage Month in Arizona and the Kaibab National Forest is offering a series of archeologist-led Saturday aftern...

A HARD-WON LOOK AT A RARE SITE

BLACK MESA RUINS Black Canyon City The East Face of the Fort Petroglyphs Of the hundreds of known archeological sites in the Agua Fria Natio...

RICHINBAR MINE RUINS

RICHINBAR MINE RUINS Agua Fria National Monument Approaching the Petroglyph Site Mine Site Ruins Few places in Arizona are as rich in histor...

JUDITH TUNELL ACCESSIBLE TRAIL

2012 UPDATE: this trail has been beautifully resurfaced--check it out! Judith Tunell Accessible Trail, South Mountain Park Preserve Rece...

PIMA CANYON WASH

PIMA CANYON WASH South Mountain Park, Phoenix Because of its close proximity to suburbia, the Pima Canyon recreation area draws the crowds--...

MORMON LOOP

MORMON LOOP South Mountain Park, Phoenix Rain schmain---although the National Weather Service predicted a 100 percent chance of rain for the...

BOX CANYON

BOX CANYON South Mountain Park, Phoenix Determining the age of the thousands of petroglyphs pecked into the crumbling cliffs of Sou...

KIWANIS TRAIL

KIWANIS TRAIL South Mountain Park, Phoenix This sweet little traipse up a desert gully, has been entertaining Phoenicians since t...

V-BAR-V RANCH & SACRED MOUNTAIN

V-BAR-V RANCH & SACRED MOUNTAIN Coconino National Forest, near Sedona In terms of both physical presence and historical significance, Sa...