People tend to prefer trails, regardless of their country of citizenship. Cattle on the other hand... dumber than a box of rocks, and the primary creators of networks of non-trails leading to all the wrong places! But if you pay attention, it usually doesn't take more than a minute or two for you to...

I think October might've ruined winter. Will it ever rain again? Perhaps we can hope for a strong monsoon!

@hikeaz All those cool features can’t possibly overcome the single indisputable disqualifier. It’s still a Chevy.

@Peter_Medal I forget which is which. Is Nancy the curious mountain lion and Vicky the problem black bear, or the other way around?

Jim_H wrote:I'd like to think we're all more than just numbers.

I know that when the TAC talks about you it’s always just about 31493

joebartels wrote:just realized the thread is cyclical not cynical

My posts in this thread are both. But mostly the latter. It will take me a few more years for the former to prevail. But I'm committed to that goal, so stay tuned.

The triplogs in December tend to be in the first week or two because historically that's when the fall colors are best. Over the holidays, it will be a little bit bare and dull in the canyon as far as the flora goes. My advice is to plan on having cold feet. Make sure you have dry socks and camp sho...

It doesn't appear to be named on any of the maps, but I'd guess that local hikers or climbers have an unnoficial name for it.
32.358957 -110.910766
You can see it on the satellite layer: [ custom map :: map ]

@te_wa
Please just nod your head in agreement.

@skatchkins
This is a forum for scary things. That there is magical! Like unicorn magical.

A few highlights from the HAZ wayback machine can be found under the [ Ghost? ] label.

sample:

So ... who does the same thing today they did when this post first appeared five years ago!?

Looks like route #1 is what is described above. Via Sabino is the same distance (last I checked the tram isn't running) but a lot easier and nicer trail. Other options include Esperero and up from the State Park. Here's a map with the routes if that helps. https://hikearizona.com/map.php?MY=40776&M=1

@Oregon_Hiker
I just complain and click the "contact" button at the bottom of the page.

A lot.

@Oregon_Hiker
There's a few of those on HAZ too.

At one point in HAZ history, I actually thought there was a dev team!

I found an article last week that I found to be quite educational regarding the history of land preservation in Arizona as it relates to mining near Grand Canyon. I've always found it a little bit against conventional wisdom that the vast majority of Wilderness Areas in Arizona were created during t...

@DixieFlyer not surprised surgent has a list. He's the man! But it's 5 years old, and as strange as this seems for a topic like this, things change over time! @big_load Yeah I figured the Chander high point might be a freeway overpass :) I had no idea that Camelback and SoMo were exactly the same h...

In a recent discussion I was intrigued to figure out the high points of populated Arizona cities. I’ve been too lazy to look it up. So I’ll ask HAZ. Highest point in city limits of: Phoenix Tempe Mesa Scottsdale Carefree Cave Creek Gilbert Chandler Peoria Glendale Surprise Payson Prescott Tucson Mig...

@friendofThundergod Aw thanks for the kind words. And all this time I would have guessed you to actually be ok with something like that happening! I misjudged you!