There is a nail in the tree and some human markings but what caused this strange star like carving? This was taken on the See Canyon trail near Payson. There is a good flowing spring called See Spring near here. I did not try the water but I’m sure it is better than the spring […]
At the end of day 3 it was good to be back at this source. Lots of water coming out of the side of the mountain.
Crossing Christopher Creek after starting at the 260 trailhead. Hiked a total of 13.5 miles on day one to Horton Spring which was a tasty water source. I repeated this going back to the trailhead on day 4.
This was a really good day for hiking on the AZ Highline Trail. The cloud cover was nice for a change. I hiked for 10 hours with breaks which was about 15 miles of trail. When I got to the campsite at 6pm it was still calm. I listened to my book for awhile and […]
Woke up early and packed my stuff just before some heavy rain and hail which hit while I was breaking in my new water filter. It didn’t last too long but upon looking back into the valley, it gave me the feeling that the two girls I saw heading in were going to have some […]
Lots of creek crossings and jets overhead in this cow infested section of the trail. Once you get past the ranch there is a nice creek and a spring.
Paid eight bucks for this site in the NW corner of AZ after driving through the extremely busy Zion NP. I could not even find parking at the visitors center so I hit the road and found this gem. Even had my own little trail down to the virgin river. Got up early the next […]
8 more miles to go and I can head in for some RNR.
I did not take many photos on this day or the next. I hiked about 13 miles in from the Pine TH and as the description says it was strenuous .
After a crazy drive on the last 22 miles on Hwy 88, I went for a 5 hour hike on the AZT. The last 22 miles of 88 are not paved and I felt like I was driving on one of those dangerous road episodes. The only person I saw on the hike was a […]
Everything was great until I packed up and started out this morning. That lone mountain biker I met on day one was right. The mud is like miles of peanut butter. “You’ll be better off walking next to the trail” he said. That may work on single track, but I was on a jeep trail.
Last time I saw one of these was in Texas. Luckily I did not get any of those orange hairs shot into my skin.
First day on the trail. I hiked north from the trailhead and after a few hours the trail turned into national forest roads. They were not well marked so I turned around, passed were I started and continued for several miles on great single track trail. I ran into a mountain biker who had just […]