Ooh,ooh, I have data! The hike I have done most often is a North Mountain/Shaw Butte circuit which I make into a loop using an old trail down the back of North Mountain. Starting at the Visitor's Center, this is a 5.76 mile, 1572 ft AEG good workout hike. Since I got a GPS and started keeping a pers...

There is a wonderful database of Superstition trail GPS tracks on the web that were taken by HAZ members kanode and GPSJoe among others and published out of Utah State (i think). This a treasure for a certified data geek like me, and is very useful for getting good estimates of distance and AEG. My ...

2008 Stats from my personal journal:

Total hikes: 89
Total miles: 636
Total AEG: 168,000 feet

Most memorable hike: The 30-mile Inca Trail in Peru, culminating in a sunrise first view of Machu Picchu.

There were numerous stagnant, but filterable, pools in the Basin when I was there on October 25. No flow to speak of, but quite a bit of water in total. I went in from Woodbury TH, and it was a catclaw nightmare, so be prepared with long pants and long sleeves

Let me throw this into the mix. I saw a very similar sign two months ago on the Barbershop Trail. I wish I could remember the exact configuration or had a photo of it, but the VV caught my interest that day. The two V's were close enough together that I wondered if they were a W or two V's, and I st...