Activities

The mystique of the Old West leads to a lot of urban legends, including the myth that South Mountain Park is the largest municipal park in the…

Coconino National Forest, Sedona Bear Canyon, Bear Creek, Bear Wallow ... there are many places in Arizona that have the noun “bear” in their names…

Coconino National Forest, Sedona If you’re looking for isolation, this hike won’t deliver. On weekends and holidays, especially in the spring and…

Prescott National Forest, Cottonwood It isn’t easy to hike from one life zone to another. But that’s the allure of this strenuous trail. In the…

In Arizona, there are trails that climb to the tundra, there are trails that drop a mile into the earth, and there are trails that cut through the…

Kaibab National Forest, Williams Bill Williams was a mountain man, an intrepid explorer cut from the same cloth as Jim Bridger, John Colter and…

Coconino National Forest, Flagstaff “Few are altogether deaf to the preaching of pine trees. Their sermons on the mountains go to our hearts; and if…

South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park  The South Kaibab, which was built in 1924-25 as an alternative to Ralph Cameron’s Bright Angel Toll Road, has…