Cottonwood trails Just down the highway from Sedona is a smaller town called Cottonwood. Dead Horse Ranch State Park had a loop of around 20 miles of singletrack that we mapped out to ride. Sundays in Sedona are pretty busy so we headed to Cottonwood for our singletrack fix. Our loop took us on trails …
I like the ride options from the Aerie Trailhead because there are so many loop possibilities. We spent two days riding here and covered almost every trail, some twice. Each day was a good mixture of intermediate and advanced trails. Some of my favorites were Last Frontier, Mescal, Chuckwagon, Ledge-n-Airy, Girdner, and Outer Limits. Outer …
Sedona and the trails get busier on the weekends from people coming up for the weekend, so we took Sunday off to run some errands. We went to Cottonwood which is a lot less touristy then Sedona to spend the day. Before heading into Cottonwood to do fun stuff like laundry and grocery shopping, we …
The Bear Mountain trail in Sedona as a hike isn’t terribly long at 5.1 miles round trip. It is VERY steep in spots though with an elevation gain of 2044′! The trail starts out gently and then ratchets up with full force. There are rock steps and boulders everywhere. This hike gets you way up …
Just past Canyon Lake outside Apache Junction is what I’ll call a death road. It is referred to as the Apache Trail and it is a narrow dirt road that dips down and curves along canyon walls before impossibly climbing out the next one. With views of sheer rock walls, desert flowers of all kinds, …
Massacre Grounds Trail Hike The Superstition Wilderness is in Tonto National Forest and we camped and recreated there for a week. Let me tell you, it is badass. It’s rugged and scenic with over 160,000 acres of nature to explore. We picked this first hike because it ends at a waterfall and after all the falls …
Although we prefer riding our mountain bikes to hiking, there have been some amazing hike that we have done here in Tucson. There is a lot of wilderness area near Tucson, along with two different Saguaro National Parks near town. Since bikes aren’t permitted in either area we had to explore by foot. When the …
This would have been a more appropriate mountain bike ride for a Sunday because it started down the road from a church. We put together a 30 mile singletrack loop in the Honeybee Canyon system that was gorgeous and fun. The first part is easy trail that winds towards the ridgeline where things get more …
Tucson has a paved loop surrounding the city, open to pedestrians and nonmotorized bikes. The loop started out as a flood control measure but grew to be so much more. It follows the river wash on both sides so it can accommodate a lot of users. We rode downtown and hopped off it to ride …
After having to put up with all the tourists when we lived in Bend, this day was payback. Derek and I took the bus into downtown Tucson to check out the cityscape, visit Borderlands Brewery, and enjoy dinner at Elvira’s. We spent a few hours wandering around looking at the different buildings and taking pictures …