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Phoenix Area
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Camelback Mountain Recreation Area, Echo Canyon Trail to
summit — 1.5 miles each way, 1400' gain.
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Camelback: Cholla Trail to re-open soon.
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Peak Trail — 2.6 mi RT, strenuous
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McDowell Mountain Regional Park, McDowell Crest Traverse —
13 miles one way, 5200' gain
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South Mountain Park, Holbert Trail — 2.5 miles one way,
1400' loss
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Dobbins Lookout to Central Avenue entrance (Outdoors in Arizona)
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South Mountain Park, National Trail — 4 miles one way, 900' loss
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Buena Vista to Pima Canyon
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South Mountain Park, Pima Canyon Road — 1.2 miles each way,
200' gain, ramadas to rockhouse on dirt road
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Squaw Peak Recreation Area, Circumference Trail — 5 miles RT,
500' gain
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Squaw Peak Recreation Area, Summit Trail — 2.4 miles RT,
1200' gain, great views of Phoenix
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White Tank Mountain Regional Park, Waterfall Trail — 1 mile
each way, 200' gain
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Rainbow Valley — 7 mile figure 8, 1100' gain: scenic roundabout
hike in the northern reaches of the wild and spectacular Sierra Estrella
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Superstition Mountains
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Bluff Spring Loop — 9 miles RT, 1400' gain: fine views of Weaver's
Needle, Miner's Needle, Bluff Spring Mountain, and Picacho Butte.
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First Water Trailhead to Garden Valley and Black Mesa —
6.6 miles RT, 670' gain, views of Weavers Needle
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Hieroglyphic Trail — 2.8 miles RT, 700' gain
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Peralta Trailhead to Fremont Saddle — 2 miles one way,
1400' gain, view of Weavers Needle
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Superstitions: Siphon Draw to Flatiron — 4.8 mi RT, steep
and strenuous
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O'Grady Canyon — 7 mile loop, 960' gain: wet cobblestones, boulder
scrambling, prickly plant life, sweeping vistas, and comical canyons.
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Coffee Flat Mountain — 10 mile loop, 1700' gain: stimulating views
of Weaver's Needle, Bluff Spring Mountain, Buzzards' Roost, Miner's Needle,
and Cathedral Rocks.
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Massacre Grounds — 6 mile loop, 1200' gain: history and
legend come alive as we hike from Jacob's Crosscut Trailhead.
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Tortilla Ridge — 8 miles one way, +500'-1400' EC: parallel
Tortilla Creek from high above and enjoy some of the finest views
in the Superstitions.
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Goldfield Mountains
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Peak 3004 — 6 mile loop, 1200' gain: memorable views of
Lone Mountain, Temptation Peak, south Bulldog Ridge, and the mighty
Superstitions
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South Bulldog Ridge — 7 miles one way, 1600' gain: glorious
slickrock, colorful and prickly Sonoran vegetation, steep, rocky slopes,
and mountain vistas with a fresh perspective
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North Goldfield Skyline — 10 mile loop, 1800' gain: climb
Gateway Canyon to gain the high ground, then hike to a series of
spectacular overviews of the river and canyon country
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Wishbone Junction — 7 mile loop, 600' gain: walk a pleasant
loop through the range land of the southern Goldfields and return
by Willow Springs Canyon
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Horns of a Dilemma — 7 miles one way, 1600' gain:
climb peak 2881, highest point in the eastern Goldfields, then
troop the ridge north to intricate volcanic formations
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Superior-Globe Area
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Arivaipa Canyon — 11 miles one way, 500' gain, hike in
creek through desert canyon
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Arnett Canyon — 3 miles RT, 200' gain, cross-country
access, good place to collect Apache tears
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Boyce Thompson Arboretum, High Trail — 1 mile RT, 200'
gain, nature trail
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El Capitan Wash — 1.5 miles each way, 300' gain, slot
canyon south of Globe in Mescal Mountains, requires rope work
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Reavis Trail Canyon — 4 miles each way, 800' gain,
Arizona Trail is the historic trade route used by Elisha Reavis
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Montana Mountain — 5 miles each way, 2700' gain: continue up from
Reavis Trail Canyon to look and down on most of the Superstition Wilderness
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King's Crown Peak — 7 mile loop, 1900' gain: climb
the highest peak between Globe and Superior
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Apache Leap — 8 mile loop, 1400' gain: enjoy history, legend,
charismatic rock formations and awesome overviews of this wild land!
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Tucson Area
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Cactus Picnic Ground to Bridalveil Falls — 11 miles RT,
300' gain, Santa Catalina Mountains
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Catalina State Park, Romero Pools — 2.8 miles each way,
1000' gain, swimming holes
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Catalina State Park, Romero Ruins — 0.7 mile RT, 35 foot
gain, interpretive loop to Indian ruins
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Mt. Lemmon, Ski Area to Summit — 1.5 miles each way, 500'
gain, Coronado National Forest
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Mt. Wrightson, Madera Canyon to summit — 8 miles each way,
4000' gain, tallest peak in Santa Rita Mountains
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Picacho Peak — 2 miles each way, 1400' gain, isolated
volcanic peak, steel cables provide handholds
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Sabino Canyon Rec Area, Bear Canyon to Seven Falls — 5 miles
RT, 500' gain
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Sabino Canyon Rec Area, Hutch's Pool — 4 miles each way,
1200' gain, most beautiful pool in Santa Catalina Mountains
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Sycamore Canyon — 6 miles each way, 500' gain, along
stream in Pajarito Wilderness
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Grand Canyon
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Bright Angel Trail, South Rim to Phantom Ranch — 9.5 miles
each way, 4800' gain
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Peach Springs Canyon, Diamond Creek to Waterfall — 2 miles
each way, 200' gain, no trail, Hualapai Indian Reservation
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Havasu Canyon, Hualapai Hilltop to Havasu Falls — 11 miles
each way, 1900' gain, Havasupai Indian Reservation
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Colorado Plateau
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Keet Seel — 8 miles each way, 700' gain, Arizona's largest
cliff dwelling, in Navajo National Monument
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Meteor Crater Rim — 2.2 mile loop, 100' gain, views of
one of the most recent meteor strikes on the planet
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Canyon De Chelly: White House Ruins, 3 mi RT, no permit
required, steep
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Hualapai Mountain Park, Campground to Hualapai Peak, Hayden
Peak, or Aspen Peak — various lengths
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Flagstaff Area
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Humphreys Peak — 4 miles each way, 3400' gain, Arizona's
high point, in Coconino National Forest
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Lava River Cave — 1.5 miles RT, 80' gain, day hike into
lava tube
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Mt. Elden — 12 miles one way, 2700' gain/loss, car
shuttle required
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Red Mountain — 1.5 miles each way, 150' gain, colorful
highly eroded volcanic mountain
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Strawberry Crater — 1/2 mile to rim, 500' gain, Sunset
Crater National Monument
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S. P. Crater — 1 mile each way, 800' gain, unusually
symmetric volcanic crater and a lava flow
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Grand Falls: near Flagstaff on the Little Colorado River,
no permit required, 1.5 mi RT, Arizona's biggest waterfall
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Prescott / Sedona Area
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Granite Mountain — 7 miles each way, 1200' gain
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Lynx Lake — 3 miles RT, 10' gain
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Thumb Butte — 2.5 mile loop, 800' gain, nature trail,
cabin ruins, scrambling at top, views from top
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Sedona: Devil's Bridge - 1.8 mi RT, steep, spectacular views
of Red Rock Country RT
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Sedona: Vultee Arch - 3.4 mi RT, easy RT
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Oak Creek Canyon - Slide Rock RT
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West Fork of the Oak Creek - 3 mi RT, red maple in the fall,
lilacs in the spring
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East Fork of the Verde River: Waterwheel Falls, 2/3 mi RT
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Mogollon Rim
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Railroad Tunnel Trail — 1 mile RT, 450' gain, to
abandoned railroad
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Rim Vista Loop — 6 miles RT, 200' gain, great overviews
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Central West
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Kaiser Springs Canyon — 2 miles RT, 100' gain, no trail,
slot/narrow canyon
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Southwest Corner
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Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Palm Canyon — 1 mile RT,
500' gain, native palms in steep canyon
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Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Signal Peak — 2 miles each
way, 2700' gain, cross-country
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Organ Pipe National Monument, Bull Pasture Trail — 4 miles
RT, 900' gain
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Southeast Corner
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Chiricahua National Monument, Echo Canyon Loop — 4 miles RT,
500' gain
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Mt. Graham — various trails, Pinaleno Mountains, Coronado
National Forest
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References:
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Adventuring in Arizona (Sierra Club Travel Guide) by John
Annerino
Arizona Trails (100 Hikes in Canyon and Sierra) by David
Mazel
Hikers Guide to Arizona a.k.a. Hiking Arizona (A Falcon Guide)
by Stewart Aitchison and Bruce Grubbs
Hikers Guide to the Superstition Wilderness by Jack Carlson
and Elizabeth Stewart
Hiking Arizona by Don R. Kiefer
Hiking Arizonas Cactus Country (A Falcon Guide) by Erik
Molvar
Outdoors in Arizona (A Guide to Hiking and Backpacking; an
Arizona Highways book) by John Annerino
The Peaks (Flagstaff, Williams, and Northern Arizonas High
Country; an Arizona Highways book) by Rose Houk
Trail Guide to Northern Arizona by Bruce Grubbs
Tucson Hiking Guide by Betty Leavengood
Compiled by Joe Orman 08/14/1996, Ted Tenny 04/15/2004
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