Virtual Hiking Phoenix

PHOENIX ARIZONA
and Surrounding Area

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TERRAIN, VEGETATION, AND ADVENTURES ARE AVAILABLE
FOR HIKING, CAMPING, AND BACKPACKING IN THIS AREA.

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TRAIL AREAS DOCUMENTED ON THIS PAGE

CAMELBACK MOUNTAIN
ESTRELLA MOUNTAINS
- QUARTZ PEAK
GOLDFIELD MOUNTAIN
- WILLOW SPRINGS CANYON
MCDOWELL MOUNTAIN
- BLUFF TRAIL
- GRANITE TRAIL
- SUNRISE TRAIL
- THOMPSON PEAK
MCDOWELL MOUNTAIN
PICACHO PEAK
PINNACLE PEAK
PHOENIX MT PRESERVE
- DREAMY DRAW
- SQUAW (PIESTEWA) PEAK

SAGUARO LAKE
- KAYAKING
- BUTCHER JONES TRAIL
SALT RIVER - KAYAKING
SOUTH MOUNTAIN
THUNDERBIRD MOUNTAIN
- Trail H-3
- Trail H-2
- Trail H-1
USERY MOUNTAIN
- USERY PASS MOUNTAIN TRAIL
- WIND CAVE TRAIL
WHITE TANKS
- FORD CANYON TRAIL
  - MESQUITE CANYON TRAIL
  - WADDELL TRAIL
  - WILLOW CANYON TRAIL

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HIKING - BACKPACKING - CAMPING - SNORKELING - SCUBA - KAYAK -TRAVEL

BEHIND THE SCENES ... Many areas you hike have group size limits , which you need to be aware of. All groups shown in the Virtual albums may appear to hike together, when in fact they do not. *sorry, photographer editing illusion* Groups are broken down into Fast-Medium-and-Slower hikers, with designated regrouping points along the way for safety purposes. Educate yourself on the rules directly with the US Forest Service and National Park Service. Don't assume - Get the facts first.

01/09/2005 Usery Pass - Usery Mountain Park -
Tonto National Forest - Arizona

01/16/2005 Picacho Peak - Picacho Peak State Park - Picacho Arizona

01/23/2005 White Tanks Mountain Regional Park -
Phoenix Arizona

01/30/2005 South Mountain -
South Mountain Park Preserve - Phoenix Arizona

04/23/2005 Usery Pass - Usery Mountain Regional Park Arizona

06/18/2005 Pinnacle Peak - Pinnacle Peak Park -
Scottsdale Arizona

09/16/2005 South Mountain Moonlight Hike - South Mountain Park Preserve - Phoenix Arizona

11/24/2005 Usery Pass - Usery Mountain Park -
Tonto National Forest - Arizona

01/15/2006 Camelback Mountain - Echo Canyon Recreation Area -
Phoenix Mountain Park Preserves - Phoenix Arizona

Do you love the kind of hike where you pass tons of people who are wearing enough perfume and soapy deoderant, that the back of your throat burns with each breath of air and your lungs fill up with fluid? This is the hike for you! *okay suffocating makes me cranky* Go Virtual Hike with us as we accidentally take you from the Dreamy Draw area and up 1190ft elevation change to Squaw Peak (renamed Piestewa Peak). At 2608 ft above the Phoenix area, Squaw/Piestewa Peak is THE most popluar hike in the area....and a death trap if you have chemical sensitivity. (photos by Nunya)

01/22/2006 Squaw (Piestewa) Peak -
Dreamy Draw Park -
Phoenix Mountain Park Preserve - Phoenix Arizona

02/11/2006 Quartz Peak - Estrella Mountains Arizona
Beat the heat IN Phoenix! The cooler temps from October thru May allows you to hit local hiking trails in the Phoenix area without risk of melting like bud-duh. The in-and-out ridgeline trail of Quartz Peak is however, reminiscent of a mini-Superstition Ridgeline hike and not for the weak. Go Virtual Hike with us as we take you up 2473ft in 2.6 miles (5.25 round trip), to the beautiful Quartz Peak (yeah it's solid quartz!) at 4056ft where the climb will exhilarate you and brisk winds will make you put your jacket on! - yeah IN PHOENIX! (photos by Nunya)

03/04/2006 Sunrise Trail - McDowell Mountains -
McDowell Sonoran Preserve - Fountain Hills Arizona
Enjoy a local hike that everyone can do. Sunrise trail via Ringtail up to Sunrise Peak in the McDowell Mountain Park of Fountain Hills is a 6 mile round trip 1300ft elevation change local Phoenix hike. Time it just right and view the fountain display from a hikers view. (photos by Nunya)

11/12/2006 Ford Canyon - White Tanks Regional Mountain Park Arizona
The White Tank Mts just West of Phoenix are home to eleven Hohokan Indian archeological/petroglyph sites dating A.D. 500-1100. Go Virtual Hike with us 9.9 miles through Ford Canyon trail via Waddell and Mesquite Canyon trails (1200+ ft elevation gain) as we stroll, boulder hop, and just have fun! (photos by Nunya)

01/13/2007 Usery Pass - Usery Mountain Arizona
Usery Pass Mt trail is located on the East side of Phoenix (Western end of the Goldfield Mts), and is a great local hike! Go Virtual Hike with us 7.1 miles of rolling trail, and beautiful desert views. (photos by Nunya)

01/28/2007 Willow Springs Canyon - Tonto National Forest -
Goldfield Mountains Arizona
The golden multi-colored Willow Springs Canyon, located in the Goldfield Mts shouldering the Superstition Mts, was formed 15-35 million years ago by furiously spewed hot Volcanic ash. Go Virtual Hike with 19 of us through this gravel chasm of Sonoran Desert beauty (12+ miles In-and-Out, 1000ft ec). (photos by Nunya)

03/10/2007 Picacho Peak - Picacho Arizona
Fear of heights? A little vertigo maybe? This will be the safest way for you to ever get to experience a hike like Picacho Peak! Go Virtual Hike with us 2.1 miles up 1500ft up to the top of Picacho Peak, as we plunge you down vertical drops, pull you up cliff rocks on cable wire, and show you some beautiful panoramic desert landscape views! (Photos by Nunya)

08/04/2007 Kayaking Salt River - Mesa Arizona
A Bald Eagle sighting!! Wild Horses!! Herons in flight!... and you thought it was just another hike? NOT! Go Virtual Kayak with us down the Lower Salt River (Mesa, AZ) about 7 or so miles, with nothing but bright smiles on this
lovely overcast day. (photos by Nunya)

11/22/2007 Wagner Trail - to Granite and Bluff Trails - McDowell Mountains - McDowell Sonoran Preserve - Fountain Hills Arizona

12/30/2007 Butcher Jones Trail -
Tonto National Forest - Saguaro Lake Arizona
Butcher Jones Trail is an excellent hike for newbie hikers and hikers that are already comfortable with 1-3 miles, to "take on" a little MORE. Go Virtual Hike with 25 hikers on this beautifully scenic lakeside hike around Saguaro Lake in Arizona! (photos by Nunya)

01/01/2008 Thompson Peak - McDowell Mountains -
McDowell Sonoran Preserve - Fountain Hills Arizona

01/26/2008 Pinnacle Peak - Pinnacle Peak Park - Scottsdale Arizona
Pinnacle Peak in Scottsdale Arizona, is a mild 3+ mile local hike with panoramic views of River Mesa, Granite Mt, Four Peaks, Boulder Pass, Black Mt, Estrella Mt, Camelback Mt, McDowell Mt - and of course Pinnacle Peak! Go Virtual Hike with us on this well traveled in-and-out trail where rock climbers also go to dangle from perfectly good rocks. (photos by Nunya)

03/23/2008 Kayaking - Saguaro Lake - Tonto National Forest -
Superstition Wilderness Arizona

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The McDowell Mountain Regional Park in Fountain Hills Arizona, offers over 40 miles of trails to hike, mountain bike, and horseback ride through scenic desert landscape. Go Virtual Hike with over 40 hikers, that showed up for the Annual AOTC Thanksgiving Day Potluck, and enjoy some of those desert views. (photos by Nunya)

Are you looking for a hike with a warm-up, aggressive middle - then cool down? Thompson Peak in Fountain Hills Arizona is the hike for you! Go Virtual Hike with us 8.2 miles to Thompson Peak - enjoy desert landscape - 1000 year old petroglyph rock art - mine shafts constructed in the 1800's - and a 2100ft elevation climb to Thompson Peak - at 3980ft elevation! (photos by Nunya)

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02/18/2009 Wind Cave - Pass Mountain - Usery Mountain Regional Park Arizona
Wind Cave Trail located in the Usery Mountain Regional Park of Arizona, climbs 800ft in 1.6 miles, to the alcove known as Wind Cave. Go Virtual Hike with us as we take you to Wind Cave and beyond - going up to the rocky peak of Pass Mountain (3312ft elevation) for panoramic views of the Goldfield, Four Peaks and Superstition Mountains. (photos by Nunya)

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Thunderbird Conservation Park and Recreation Trail System offers around 20 miles of trails, which cover 1185 acres in the Hedgpeth Hills of Glendale Arizona. Go Virtual Hike with us on Trails H-3, H-2, and H-1 of this local Phoenix area hike, where local hikers and mountain bikers go to stay conditioned
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03/08/2009 Thunderbird Conservation Park -
Glendale Arizona

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Cactus blooms and Mesquite trees drooping with catkins, dot the Thunderbird Conservation Park in April! Go Virtual Hike with us 3.6 miles (493ft elevation change) on trail H-3 of Thunderbird Park, located in the Hedgpeth Hills of Glendale Arizona! (photos by Nunya)

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