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Nov 29 2025
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Along the San Pedro, AZ 
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Back to the trail less area. Seems about a week late but still some good color; the tree litter was already brown. The San Pedro was ponded in areas making crossing difficult because it was also silty and unable to see the bottom. Did not see another person. Walked some on the old railway bed which gave a nice overview. Lots of traffic on the roads however.
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Nov 24 2025
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Ash Creek - GaliuroTucson, AZ
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Just a quick lower end to see if anything going. A little bit of flow in the canyon and a few pools. A few more maples and more leaf litter. I knew the upper was done and I didn't really have the time. Still hunter set ups in the meadow.
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Nov 23 2025
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South Fork of Cave Creek #243Tucson, AZ
South Fork of Cave Creek #243
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Trapped by the El Tour De Tucson most of Saturday had me out early Sun morn for the drive. Pretty evident a good rain with fair road conditions. I had the place to myself for 5 seconds then others drove up. In addition to birders now have shroom hunters. I left all behind at the first creek crossing; as the South Fork had plenty of water run off even down the old road bed. Crystal clear and no keeping feet dry. Dull clouds parted slightly to allow a pic of a snow covered peak. There were still some fall colors, and my fav, lots of leaf litter. It rained off and on so no sun for photos but the stream had vigorous rapids and some small waterfalls which made it delightful. I turned back when my feet started getting numb. I know-- what a wimp. Drove into Ash Creek area for Sun night camp; I didn't have a lot of time but made a small trek in there. Some big deep water crossings a few places on that road. On the interstate driving back saw 5 other Jeep wranglers; we were all covered in mud. Good times.
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Nov 17 2025
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Ash Creek - GaliuroTucson, AZ
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Meh, not impressed, off trail for most and worked with what I had. Always nice hiking in here even when the trees aren't all that. What was impressive was the amount of PI I had to push thru; so much so I rinsed off my outer garments and turned them inside out before they went in the vehicle.
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Nov 15 2025
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A Desert Delight, AZ 
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It cannot get more perfect for me than to be in a new place; no people or established campsites, look out in the distance and decide to just walk over there. Then when I get there, maybe go over here. The sky and weather was another perfect piece. The road in was really interesting, mapped to a tank then a wildcat to connect to a more established route. Then suddenly graded; I expected a locked gate and ranch outpost but no, ended in a nice tank area with a large tree but that was it.
I car camped on a premium flat spot with a commanding view of a large basin. I picked out a couple of rocky outcrops and made my hike.
Part of this is what I call a "clean" desert, very little brush, and fast walking. The evening was nice and the early morning light even better, with storm clouds and sun playing tag. I ran across a large pottery shard scatter and spent some time there, then approached the first rock grouping. Also in the basin were some interesting berms-- no roads to them and no sign of any heavy equipment having been in here. From the first outcrop and went over to a second, found what seemed to be an old trail to a saddle that would take me around this next outcrop. At the saddle another pottery piece spread. I left what seemed to be the trail to traverse around the backside. Lovely area of rock and level spots, so beautiful I mused what it would be like to have a tiny house here. I kept on my loop and went into scramble mode to get back down to the large basin, which I was thinking now may have had some cultivation at one time. Back to the FJ without a hitch, and I must say this is the best spot so far I have found. No trash and no sign of use.
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Nov 08 2025
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So It Begins, AZ 
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So it begins; the in earnest walkabout in the southern pinalenos. Drove the gas line service road, then a secondary road heavily washed out which resulted in some Jeep tire lifting and a brief warning light I had never seen before. Got to the end and a fence. Crawled under, dragged my pack and finished setting up then set out.
Perfect wash. Gravelly with polite rock ridges that made for good footing. I found and took an old washed out road past a tank with windmill; no water. Lots of old livestock poop, horse moreso than cow, but no animals seen. Soon the wash splintered into some small rough ravines in a large bowl. I headed up to a perfect campsite at the end of a rock formation in the middle of the bowl, with great views surrounded by rocky hills. I was stealth camping with the bivy and before moonrise had good star viewing.
Morning, and I left camp with a daypack and made a traverse high along rock tops of the bowl. Incredible views, great hiking, cactii spread apart and very little catclaw. Beautiful with that isolated feeling although not far from major highways. I saw a large solitary cottonwood and made my way to that, spotted some equipment and made my way over to that. A small tank held a little water, precious here. It seems the modern headframe probably sent buckets of concrete down for the construction of a dam for the tank. There were some faint road signs here, but it had been a while.
Picked up my camp and made my way back to the Jeep. One area down, and more to go.
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Nov 02 2025
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Mt Graham Fall, AZ 
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I asked the mountain if I could see some maples. It said yes; but I would have to see the Aspen first---
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Nov 01 2025
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Southern Pinaleno Recon, AZ 
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Just a quick sortie and a lovely isolated car camp on my way to the mountain. This area really intrigues me despite ranch presence and many dirt roads. The boulder piles are trailess and one can just walk anywhere in the open terrain. I noted an area which looks like the only access will be a drive on the gas line service road which is doable. Will I get there--- this winter yes I will.
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Oct 25 2025
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Sierra Ancha Seeking Fall, AZ 
Sierra Ancha Seeking Fall, AZ
 
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The drive up was pretty rough to see the scorched hills. A reburn in some places. Quite a bit of road work has been done so most of it is in good shape. Workman Creek parts are an unmitigated disaster. By some stroke of luck a couple of favorite trees were spared. Above the falls there is a small area of spared maples; the red ones I chased fervently but most were still green. Shhh--don't tell the FS there is a nice unburned area. Drove up to the the fire lookout and walked around. Some hunters set up in the meadows below. Green grass and burned pines. I saw some plastic buckets/ barrels near the orchard area which was burnt. I missed it driving out so did not stop and investigate. The area right below the falls is just torched. The road is in pretty good shape but the gullies coming down is boulder flow central. Quite depressing but what is done is done. There will still be some fall color but it will be very limited.
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Oct 15 2025
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Southern Galiuro etc., AZ 
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A fixed idea ended up being a meander but that's not a bad thing. I took me 3 hours to drive from Muleshoe to Jackson Cabin. The road into Muleshoe was torn up from the rains but doable and I passed a few road graders on my way in so on my way out a much more tame road. I had to move some rocks, and other debris, do a little road building then I was at the cabin. The goal was to explore some side canyons I had not looked at yet. I took extra water but was counting on finding a few pools here and there since I was not likely to be at any reliable spring source. The canyon had run, but as with so much of this storm system, it had not left much behind in the main.
Very green, and lots of catclaw. I only stayed two nights because of the water situation. Got some good wandering done, but not enough. It was good to be back in the wilderness but it's notable that the southern end is not getting any love as far as trail or road maintenance. I came out without water but did find a little on top of a boulder and drank some of that so was good to go.
I decided to car camp at a spot off the 4wd road after I had finished some bad spot driving. I will still say this is probably the most scenic 4wd road in southern arizona. You will need HC, 4wd, good tires and in spots a rear locker and an experienced driver.
I hiked up in the foothills at the base of the cliffs; the next down a small canyon with flowing water that soon dropped and was a bit of work to get down. I didn't see another person or vehicle except some hunters in an ATV that seemed amazed the Toyota made it up the hill at the Redfield canyon wilderness sign.
I will go back to poke around some spots off the road that have some interest.
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Oct 11 2025
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The Edge, AZ 
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Promising skies and some strong rain bands but the flood did not materialize; at least where I was. I have always wanted to car camp on a flat rock bench near a cliff edge and did so. The views were great and the clouds were crazy, including one that had a cyclonic rotation followed by some walloping rain.
I walked about and took some shots, heard the run off in the canyon below but could not see it as getting off the mesa was a bit complicated. I stayed high for a while, then crawled into the back of the Jeep for the night.
Next day gray skies and some sun here and there. I set out to get into a far upcanyon area I had not been. Getting off the mesa was a pain and then it was much easier hiking in the grassy foothills. Cool rocks. I finally went around the nose of a rock prominence and down the forming canyon. It was rough. Found another illegal migrant lay up with plenty of graffiti on the rock face. I had some camera problems so not sure how some of the photos will turn out. Boulder crawling with some deep holes I needed to avoid falling into. Awesome views and the rain held off but the humidity didn't. The little washes all had some water, but not running as overnight there was not much follow up rain. I decided to go out along a ledge, then up and over a brushy and bouldery saddle. I was getting tired but kept at it. Think of the calories you are burning with all the scrambling.
The Jeep was in view in the distance. I did a couple of traverses then was on a rocky bench that seemed familiar as it arced around and I climbed easily to the bench the Jeep was on.
Driving out the rain arrived but the dirt road was in good shape and no issues. Overall I think a very beneficial rain for the land, which it needs badly.
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Oct 04 2025
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The Pinalenos, AZ 
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Drove up the Swift trail not expecting much, wanted to camp at elevation to enjoy a cool night. The very upper part of the mountain near the observatory and radio towers are gold with the young aspen turn. Nothing much lower, a few outliers. I off trailed to some young aspen with red gold tops. The maples roadside still mostly green but look healthy. My favorite campspot unoccupied. Super windy night. Drove down then tried to follow up on a third hand tip of possible ruins. Crawled under a locked gate and looked around at the indicated area but really didn't see anything, however I've done some hiking in this general area and it deserves a revisit due to the attractive boulder piles.
New to me is some asphalt like treatment on sections of the dirt part of the Swift trail. Maybe they are planning on extending the pavement but more likely maybe a stab at erosion control.
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Sep 28 2025
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Top of the World Meander, AZ 
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Of course I would pick this weekend for some exploring of roads out of Top of the World. I drove thru Globe and Miami, some water still on the road and trash everywhere in the washes including destroyed vehicles. In the burn scar the runoff was heavy.
Road 1 had some torn up tred in the wash but doable in the Jeep, then it climbed out and had some good views but not an attractive area; pretty much desert scrub. However it goes near some areas I wish to explore and it gets me pretty close to an awesome backpack area that I believe is inaccessible by normal means now. Stopped when it crossed a large wash, pretty much intact but was a mud berm and with a 30 foot drop into a bouldery wash I decided to wait until things dried out.
Road 2 I have been on and had some hiking potential. Rock slide so a 6-8 point turn around.
Road 3 is an old favorite of mine, super rough and rocky but has a lot of explore potential too. I car camped early off it and then hiked up a closed off and sort of disguised road cut. This road 3 I think has been sort of discovered. It is what I call a back way into Devils Canyon. If you can get to the correct place in a saddle an old trail takes off and drops you into the canyon not too far from the pools. It's a definite HC 4wd and good tires.
I went over the top of the end of the blocked spur road at a saddle and then off trailed it down thru boulders and vegetation and into the wash which had run but only had a few small pools. An area of large trees ahead intrigued me. I ended up at a full and scenic ranch tank then to an area which has homestead vibes but nothing found but some mining claims. I took an old trail to a hidden ranch house that was in an idyllic setting. Definitely new, although no one seemed home. I did not approach. On the way back a slightly different way that was a lot better than my route in.
On the way home a brushy approach to the San Pedro. It was flooding and I almost slipped and fell several times in the muddy troughs flowing near the main. On a side route found an area with lots of pot shards and some possible ruin outlines.
Busy weekend, not as fulfilling as I would like but it gives me some good ideas.
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Heart of the Labyrinth, AZ 
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Quite the day. Back into an area I haven't been in a long time. Remember now how I liked it. Not much water though, but some. Migrant shrine, tiny fawn, flowers, chased briefly by the border patrol. I think he was a little perturbed when I jumped out of my vehicle and held my hand up to get the photo; I had already missed the best light. Storms around, scattered. Some big Caltrop spreads although looking a bit cooked close up. From what I was told the illegals are cutting thru the backways thru some ranches to avoid the checkpoints. Back to what they were doing before the border was pretty much open. Same old.
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Sep 14 2025
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Step Around, AZ 
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Back to the past; or last weekend. The toyota danced on the badly washboarded part of the road until I shut the traction control off so I could actually drive the vehicle and not put up with auto correct. Several vehicles, unusual, one almost ran me off the road and I had a suspicion they were out to pick someone up.
On the rancher trail with correct footwear this time. At the saddle went down canyon, it dropped fast and I saw little evidence of a trail. I entered the canyon beyond the rock hoodoo of earlier. The water levels are dropping fast without rain. However, the future cast shows some rain for this area. Sure. I went downcanyon and picked up a good use trail. One area was spooky with all the trash and hypodermics. Don't touch anything down here without gloves. I went over a saddle on a very good trail and intersected a canyon with a fair amount of water coming down it with a low flow. However I was committed to the main, and went down that. The canyon was mostly dry and soon had some large benches with big oak trees and pretty well greened up. I turned a corner and recognized where I was once more. Typical labyrinth stuff.
Back to the Yota scaring up some deer and seeing some more flowers. The Caltrop stands are still doing pretty well. Will see what the weather brings.
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Sep 07 2025
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Step Ups, AZ 
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A rancher advised me of a short trail to get into the nearby section of the labyrinth I was in last week. I located it and it was a dream come true. Not a dream was I left a key piece of hiking gear at home; I made it work but when my body started hurting a bit I had to turn around in the fun part.
This trail worked along a ridgeline then came off to a broad saddle. From here it's going to be a hunt but I chose to scramble up onto a rocky ridgeline across the way. Now it was some hard hiking with interesting trends that left one standing on a rock with a small gap sometimes 10-15 feet deep between the next boulder group. My jumping days are over so I weaved in and out and soon got tired of it. Beautiful and intriguing area though. The best part of the day were the flowers. The Caltrops were covering some of the hillsides and turning them gold. Back when I can get my sheet together.
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Side Steps, AZ 
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Happy, Happy, Happy. New route into my playground that did very well and took me to a place I had been but from a different approach. Saw multiple turtles, a coachwhip ( no pic) no people but lots of trash unfortunately but still did not tarnish the beauty of this area. Pretty rough in spots with scrambling unless you wanted to swim but some of the pools could not determine depth so didn't want to try. Found a better way in so will be back.
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Labyrinth2025, AZ 
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Might as well get the whining in first. Borderline hot/humid to start, I was slow and awkward on the off trail, the lighting wasn't good for photos, area in general dry; not enough monsoon yet; and I didn't find a specific area I was looking for.
Of course beautiful, serene, quiet, rough, water nice and cool, and some big pools. Labby is a small complicated area of rocks, waterways, greenery and small alcoves with illegal migrant trash. I've hiked all over it pretty much but too many little nooks and crannies. It has some stunning small almost sculptural areas that I have enjoyed very much, and hope to keep enjoying in the future!
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Return to a wonderful area I glimpsed almost 20 years ago now on a loop backpack; this was the final day. I love walking on large slickrock granite expanses with lakes and streams and this area has it. I tried to acclimate with the car camping ( separate triplog and photos for that) but I still was a little out of it day one. The main trail was pretty busy but solitude with the campsites was had. Weather was mostly good, one very stormy night - the lightning was stellar, the kind with your eyes closed you can see the outline of the bolt on the lid-- some rain, some overcast, some clear. The trip was just challenging enough to give me hope that I can still be in the game for some of the stuff I want to do.
Read some, wandered some, talked to some nice people, and saw some happy kids and dogs. Beautiful scenery of course, and so nice to get out of my backyard.
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Two quite by chance car camps in neat areas with rock pillars and tall pines and the other clifftop camping overlooking a vigorous creek. Both were over 7k which was my goal to acclimate since I am such a flatlander right now. As I like to do set up the Toyota then hiked around. Both areas beautiful and definitely on the list to revisit if I get in the area and plan a little more time. Coming back nothing exciting except outside of Flag in the woods woke up predawn to slight noises and looked out of the car to see the site surrounded by a small elk herd.
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