Pomade frisur 2021

CORRAL LOOP   McDowell Sonoran Preserve Brown's Mountain seen from Brown's Ranch Road A mile and a half north of the busy Brown’s Ranch trailhead, a gnarled mesquite tree grows through and around the crumbling walls of concrete feed trough.   Nearby, tangled barbed wire, weather-worn and clinging tenuously to wood posts, surrounds a conglomerate of disintegrating foundations and rusty metal scraps.   Saguaros tower over the Corral Trail The relics are what remains of Brown’s Ranch.   Established in 1916, the 44,000 acre operation ran cattle in the mountainous desert space before being abandoned in mid-century.   The historic site, which is now part of the McDowell Sonoran Preserve, is the key attraction on the Corral Trail in the popular Scottsdale recreation hub. Yuccas sway above Brown's Ranch Road Desert plants grow among the ruins of Brown's Ranch The ranch site can be reached by following Brown’s Ranch Road north to the Corral Trail.   The 2.3-mile pat...

SPRING VALLEY TRAIL:  Hells Canyon Wilderness Area A stock tank on Spring Valley Trail When the itch to “Get the hell out of Dodge” hits Arizona city-dwelling hikers, sometimes all it takes to scratch it is a free afternoon and a short drive.   A rustic gate frames views of distant Tonto NF peaks Spanning 9,951 acres of back country a few miles northwest of Lake Pleasant approximately 25 miles north of Phoenix, Hells Canyon Wilderness Area offers a quick way to escape into an untamed swath of desert that’s more paradise than purgatory. Small in comparison to other Arizona wilderness areas like Mazatzal (252,500 acres) and Superstition (160,200 acres)   Hells Canyon, which straddles Maricopa and Yavapai counties, was established in 1990 and is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. A hiker takes in the views from a ledge above Garfias Wash Of the several sketchy routes that wander through the area, the most popular and easiest to follow is the Spring Valley Trail. Excep...

MARICOPA TRAIL: Lake Pleasant – Anthem The route dips into a drainage area alive with greenery This section of the MT passes by the Waddell Canal Saguaros tower over tangled desert trees on the MT Finding water in the desert is kind of like striking gold. This is especially true for hikers accustomed to desert trails where there’s seldom any water except for puddles and stock tanks.   Not so on the Lake Pleasant-Anthem segment of the Maricopa Trail.   Waddell Dam and the lower lake from the Maricopa Trail The 16-mile stretch of the 317-mile Valley-circling route passes by an important water resource hub.    Ironwood shade a water-scoured section of the trail Located south of lake Pleasant Regional Park, the Agua Fria trailhead serves as the launch point for an interesting hike that moves from a sparsely populated watershed area to the busy suburbs of the north Valley.   Beyond the lake, the trail goes thru mostly flat, open desert There’s a map kiosk and pay sta...

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...