Travel Hooray – Arizona Hiking: Blowout Wash Trail System
BLOWOUT WASH TRAIL SYSTEM Bear grass & ocotillo on the Bullseye trail #557 Occupying a hilly slice of high desert below the east flanks of Mingus Mountain, the new Blowout … Read More
Category: Prescott NF
Travel Hooray – Arizona Hiking: Red Mountain Trail #43
RED MOUNTAIN TRAIL #43 In the space between Lynx Lake Recreation Area and State Route 69 in Prescott Valley, a mountainous back country laced with trails provides a diverse haven … Read More
Travel Hooray – Arizona Hiking: Yellow Jacket Trail 524
YELLOW JACKET TRAIL Prescott National Forest. Mesquite and juniper trees ring Cottonwood Tank The most striking characteristic of the Yellow Jacket Trail 524 is the silence. Located a mere 4 … Read More
Travel Hooray – Arizona Hiking: Balancing Rock-Surprise Spring Loop
BALANCING ROCK-SURPRISE SPRING LOOP Granite Basin Recreation Area, Prescott. Balancing Rock teeters on its host boulder along trail 349 Situated in a pocket of pine-oak woodlands at the south edge … Read More
Travel Hooray – Arizona Hiking: Ryal Canyon Trail
RYAL CANYON: Prescott National Forest High desert vegetation lines the Ryal Canyon Trail Up until last year, gaining access to one of the most challenging hikes in the Camp Verde area … Read More
Travel Hooray – Arizona Hiking: SMITH RAVINE
SMITH RAVINE Prescott National Forest View of Prescott Valley from Smith Ravine Trail A climb to the top of Prescott’s Spruce Mountain is a standard bucket lister for Arizona hikers. … Read More
Travel Hooray – Arizona Hiking: MOUNT UNION
Mount Union: Prescott National Forest View of Mt. Davis seen from 7979-foot Mt. Union Where as the thrill of reaching a mountain summit usually comes with a wham-pow jolt of pride, … Read More
Travel Hooray – Arizona Hiking: FIREWATER LOOP
FIREWATER LOOP Prescott National Forest South Fork of Willow Creek spills over the Javelina Trail. The constantly evolving and growing system of woodsy trails surrounding Thumb Butte in Prescott National … Read More
Travel Hooray – Arizona Hiking: Copper Falls Trail
Copper Falls Trail Copper Falls cascade over stony shelves. Chasing winter waterfalls is sort of an unofficial rite of passage for Arizona hikers. With a few blaring exceptions (hello, Havasupai) … Read More
Travel Hooray – Arizona Hiking: CLARK SPRING TRAIL #40
CLARK SPRING TRAIL #40 Clark Spring Trail Clark Spring is bone dry. Like many water features in drought-stricken Arizona, the ordinarily moist natural fountain that trickles into a sandy drainage … Read More