Activities
Central
Hiking
Peavine Trail
Like so many small-town businessmen in the Wild West, the founding fathers of Prescott figured the road to success was a railroad. The first was the…
Central
Hiking
Woods Canyon Lake Loop
Hiking isn’t usually something that’s done on the spur of the moment. Gear, maps, vehicle requirements, trailhead directions, physical conditioning…
Central
Hiking
See Canyon Trail
There are two ways to hike this trail. You can start at the bottom and work your way up, or you can do it the other way around — there are two-wheel-…
Central
Hiking
Sunrise Trail
In the McDowell Mountains in the middle of March, the sun rises at 6:37 a.m. If your chronotype is that of a lark, you have a shot at capturing that…
Southern
Hiking
Cochise Trail
Cochise is buried in the Dragoon Mountains. That’s the conventional wisdom, but no one knows for sure where he was laid to rest. He was interred…
Central
Hiking
Courthouse Butte Loop
It’s not unusual for serious hikers to drive right past the Bell Rock Vista Trailhead, writing it off as little more than a crowded parking lot where…
Northern
Hiking
Mormon Mountain Trail
Ponderosa pines are among the old-timers in Arizona — their eminence is measured in centuries, not centimeters. Most live anywhere from 200 to 500…
Northern
Hiking
Aspen Loop Trail
Populous tremuloides. That’s their Latin name. In English, they’re known as “quaking aspens” — forest rangers and tree huggers like to call them “…