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Northern
Hiking
Inner Basin Trail
Like Papillon’s narrow escape from Devil’s Island, the Inner Basin of the San Francisco Peaks barely survived the catastrophic effects of the…
Eastern
Scenic Drives
Porter Mountain Loop
In the late 1800s, the Porter family ran sheep and cattle near what now is the thriving White Mountains community of Pinetop-Lakeside. Along with…
Central
Hiking
West Spruce Mountain Trail
Don’t let the name fool you. It’s deceiving. There is a mountain, and it’s the focus of the hike, but what happens between the trailhead and the top…
Central
Hiking
Houston Brothers Trail
It’s dangerous to dole out superlatives when writing about hikes in Arizona. As soon as you do, you’ll discover one that’s even better than the…
Eastern
Scenic Drives
Forest Road 276
There might not be a silver lining to wildfire, but there’s a white (and black) one: aspens, which colonize burned areas in many of Arizona’s forests…
Central
Hiking
Maxwell Trail
It takes anywhere from 80 to 100 years for aluminum cans to disappear on their own. They do decompose, but it takes forever. Cigarette butts last…
Eastern
Scenic Drives
Pinedale Loop
“There’s a dedication planned in Pinedale, in southwestern Navajo County, where the town’s menfolk got together and built a covered wooden bridge…
Southern
Hiking
Heart of Rocks Loop
The Apaches called them “standing-up rocks.” Today, people call them hoodoos or pinnacles or the most amazing rock formations they’ve ever seen. Any…