White Mesa Trail
WHITE MESA TRAIL The view from the top of White Mesa From the hyper popular Bell Trail, the imposing, vertical cliffs of White Mesa appear as an unsurmountable wall of stone. Hike goes to the top of the mesa:center horizon Rising over 1,000 feet above one of the most heavily visited trails in Coconino National Forest 40 miles south of Flagstaff, the mesa is composed of colorful layers of red sandstone, buff-colored sediments and a cap of dark volcanic rock. Trail departs Bell Trail 1.7 mile from the trailhead For those willing to make a detour from the water-centric trail that traces perennially flowing Wet Beaver Creek, the mesa’s secrets may be explored by way of the White Mesa Trail #86. The only tricky spot on the trail passes a rock jam White Mesa towers over the Bell Trail To get to it, first hike 1.7 miles on the Bell Trail. Along this easy stretch that follows a wide dirt road that was once used to access mid-20 th century ranch operations, kee...