Sycamore Canyon
A nice little canyon near the AZ/MX border.
Category: Hiking
A Hike to Window Rock
Ventana is Spanish for window. Ventana Canyon is named for a large natural window through the rock high up on a ridge that borders the canyon. The hike gains 4400 ft in 6.5 miles. The early part of the hike is fairly level, following the edge of private property as the trail winds through some…
Hiking in the Dragoons
My friends Pete, Jon and I took a nice little hike through a very pretty section of the Dragoon Mts. The loop follows a climbing route up a steep draw to a pass, then drops down into a high valley that runs along the ridge top. The total elevation gain is something like 1000′, and…
Klamath Falls, 2010
I went back to KF to visit my mom for a few days this October. While there, I decided to take a hike up to the top of Hogsback Mtn. It’s been a long time since I’ve been up there; we used to bushwhack up it as kids. An old friend who still lives there, Darrell Hagen,…
Boyce Thompson Arboretum
Tina and I took a day and drove up to check out the Arboretum. It’s been a while since we’d been there and I wanted to get some digital pictures. It can take a full day to walk all the trails on the property. It was hot the day we were there, so we did…
Mt. Wrightson in Sept.
We decided to hike up Mt. Wrightson this weekend. The weather was clear and there was a nice wind. The S. Az. Hiking Club was holding a race to the top, but we had other plans. Our goal was to hike from Madera Cnyn up to Baldy Saddle , .9 mi from the summit, then…
Hiking up Mt. Hopkins
Last weekend was a good time to hike up Mt. Hopkins. The 8450′ summit can be reached either by a windy, paved road (which is closed except for guided tours) or by crossing the ridge that connects to Mt. Wrightson. We took the ridge. The hike starts at the Madera Canyon parking lot. We took…
Monsoons
The summer monsoon season is coming and our hikes are moving to higher elevations to start. This is a good time to check out Sycamore Canyon (near Arivaca), Mt. Lemmon, and Mt. Wrightson.