Park right at the visitor center, and take this easy ~4 mile roundtrip loop hike around some of the formations closeby. While sandy, this trail is easy to follow and is forgiving for any footwear. See feral horses, grand views,
This list was built in 2018 and some things have changed, bit it has essentially remained intact. Normally I don’t carry as much photography gear and just use my phone, but sometimes I like to add a nicer camera on
A slideshow video capturing my section hike of passage 24 on the Arizona trail. This was a day hike, which included needing to take the City Creek trail to gain access to the southern trailhead of passage 24, and wrap
What a fantastic day hiking the 22 mile loop from City Creek trailhead about 10 miles west of Payson and connecting to Arizona Trail Red Hills Passage #24. I’ve been looking to knock this one out for a couple months
Only a month late, but I finished my write-up of passages 13-15 of the Arizona Trail that I backpacked in February. Check out the pics, and download the KML files for these passages while you’re there. My full gear list
I’m a little more than halfway done with section hiking the Black Canyon Trail in Arizona. This ~75 mile trail goes from North Phoenix up to Highway 69 east of Prescott and follows parallel to Interstate 17. With 2 more
Day 2 on my 2017 JMT adventure takes me from Charlotte Lake and up over Glen Pass and through Rae Lakes on my way to Woods Creek Bridge. This was my first day of higher than average miles (13.0) and
When used to its full capabilities, LighterPack is an excellent tool to organize your gear and optimize your pack weight for your next trip. All of my completed gear lists are now being fed by my LighterPack lists so you
Take a look at my full write-up and pictures from my recent day hike of Passage #27 on the Arizona Trail! Read it here
Check out my write-up of my September 2017 2 day backpacking trip along the 23 mile Passage #25 of the Arizona Trail, including pictures along the way. See it here.
