Little Elden Trail / Az Trail east of Elden The Arizona trail splits near Flagstaff. It travels through downtown or follows the Little Elden trail east of Flagstaff. Today I hiked up Little Elden trail…

Arizona trail near Forest Road 294 FR294 was closed for winter. I parked near Lake Mary and hiked up the road to the trail. It was cold and quite windy. A storm is moving in.

Near Forest Road 135D Picked up the Arizona trail from Shuff’s tank and headed east. A cold day.

Shuff’s Tank A windy cold day. I walked to Shuff’s tank and turned around. Some of the sleet/snow is still lingering on this log. This was a pretty short hike on the Arizona Trail. The…

Van Deren Spring / Allan Lake Tank Click here to see a larger image This portion of the Arizona trail crosses Lake Mary road.  Allan Lake is a large area near the intersection of Lake…

Arizona Trail near Grade tank This area is very close to Lake Mary road, south of Mormon Lake. This was a near perfect day.  The temperature was great.  There was no wind in the early…

South of Mormon Mountain/Lake More hiking through the forest. Getting closer to the rim. I might make it down before winter starts … Some of this trail is marked as a cross country ski trail.

Around Mormon Mountain You can get to this portion of the Arizona Trail by using the Mormon Mountain trail head.

North of Mormon Lake Part 2 I hiked this portion of the Arizona Trail north of Mormon Lake to the Mormon Mountain trailhead.

North of Mormon Lake   This section of the Arizona Trail follows an old railroad north of Mormon Lake. I began hiking at the Horse Lake trailhead heading westward.

Horse Lake Trail A long day hike through Anderson mesa. The trail dried out nicely. We were in this area last week and it was too squishy. We made our way to the spot where…