Activities

Agua Fria River, Black Canyon City Bright Angel, the Peavine, Piestewa Peak ... even casual hikers have heard of those trails. They’re well known…

Tonto National Forest, Globe ‘‘Harquahala” might not look like a four-letter word, but it serves as one in the Austin household. My son, Westley,…

Superstition Mountains, Mesa In the strictest sense, the word “hieroglyphic” refers only to the writing on Egyptian monuments. That’s it. That said…

Santa Rita Mountains, Sonoita Gardner? Or Gardiner? It depends on whom you ask. According to the book Arizona Place Names, Gardner Canyon — which is…

Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness, Sedona Let’s say you have a friend who lives in the rural Midwest. Let’s call him Tommy Fisher. And let’s say…

You’ve probably seen organ pipe cactuses (Stenocereus thurberi) in the pages of this magazine, and with good reason: They’re among the Sonoran Desert…

Prescott National Forest, Prescott As summits go, Hyde Mountain won’t show up on too many hit lists — peak-baggers usually aim a little higher.…

Tonto National Forest, near Phoenix Every now and then — particularly in the dead of a brutal Arizona summer — a person can grow tired of the desert…