Monthly Archives: January 2015

Black Mesa Loop


  On Friday we hiked the Black Mesa Loop out of First Water trailhead.  This is stitched-together route consisting of segments of the Second Water trail and the Lost Dutchman trail, connected by the Black Mesa  trail to form the … Continue reading

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Wave Cave


Today Jim Hardy led a group of us on a hike new to almost everyone in the club, a 4-mile (2-in, 2-out) trek to a cave on the flanks of the Three Sisters formation in the Superstitions.  You won’t find … Continue reading

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Red Rocks and Mud – Whitford Canyon


Last Wednesday (after the Tuesday rainstorm) Botany Bob led a group of us on a pretty hike at Whitford Canyon.  Half the adventure was the trip to the trailhead which is on Forest Road 650 (the back-door road to Montana … Continue reading

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Happy New Year


Yesterday I promised that I’d pass along some photos if our storm gave us snow overnight. Here are a couple of shots that I got this morning. Enjoy snow on the Superstitions.  

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