by Paty | May 3, 2026 | Arizona High Points, Day Hikes, Southwest US
Arizona County HP: #8 Difficulty: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 (on a scale of 4) Summit Elevation: 8,164 feet Mountain Range: Hopi-Navajo Mesas on the Colorado Plateau Ancestral Lands: Nuwuvi (Southern Paiute), Pueblo PLANNING DETAILS...
by Paty | May 2, 2026 | Arizona High Points, Day Hikes, Southwest US
Arizona County HP: #9 Difficulty: ⭐️ (on a scale of 4) Summit Elevation: 7,935 feet Mountain Range: Mogollon Rim Ancestral Lands: Western Apache (Tonto), Hohokam PLANNING DETAILS Location: Gila County has two places, roughly...
by Paty | Apr 30, 2026 | Arizona High Points, Day Hikes, Southwest US
Arizona County HP: #8 Difficulty: ⭐️ (on a scale of 4) Summit Elevation: 7,981 feet Mountain Range: Bradshaw Mountains Ancestral Lands: Yavapai PLANNING DETAILS Location: Mt. Union is located in the Prescott National...
by Paty | Oct 25, 2025 | Santa Fe to Taos, Southwest US, Trail Journals
I stumbled upon the Santa Fe to Taos (SF2T) thru-hike quite by accident. But once I’d discovered it, I couldn’t get this trail out of my mind. I love spending time in Santa Fe and Taos. Plus, I love the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the autumn with their...
by Paty | Oct 21, 2025 | Gear, Santa Fe to Taos, Southwest US
I thru-hiked the Santa Fe to Taos (SF2T) trail in early October. This made it my first autumn hike in a very, very long time. The last one was the Uinta Highline Trail in September 2020, when a polar vortex and blizzard nearly spelled catastrophe for my physical...
by Paty | Oct 17, 2025 | Santa Fe to Taos, Southwest US
When I began planning my Santa Fe to Taos (SF2T) thru-hike, I relied heavily on Pam Neely’s SF2T guidebook and the different itineraries she provided in the chapter near the end of the book. I was thrilled to take on this newly developed route this because the...
