MORMON TRAIL-HIDDEN VALLEY LOOP
MORMON TRAIL-HIDDEN VALLEY LOOP: South Mountain Park. The Natural Tunnel is a key attraction in Hidden Valley Theoretically, hikers should be the last people who’d succumb to not being able to see the forest for the trees. The ubiquitous expression describes a common affliction of missing the “big picture” in a haze of minutia. Lush desert vegetation on the National Trail Hikers are not immune from its soul-sapping vortex. Tethered to fitness apps and ear buds, some hikers detach from their surroundings in pursuit of faster times and harder, longer, more remote trails while buying into the assumption that the “best” trails exist in a faraway ether dripping in unattainability and mystique. Although few would argue against the benefits of setting and achieving goals, what constitutes a “best” trail is debatable. Fat Man's Pass is the gateway to Hidden Valley When approached from a see-the-forest perspective, even oft-maligned, old standard trails can qualify as top destinatio...