Category: Local Trails

They call it the Big Bang Trail, a nod to Flagstaff’s astronomical interests. It fits, too, because the 4.4-mile trail itself is, as the slang goes,…

Leaving the comfort and crushed granite of Buffalo Park for the technical and boulder-strewn Lower Oldham Trail can be a tough transition, hard on the body…

It piques the imagination to stand among the remnants and muse about making a life in this challenging landscape … — Kiosk at Old Caves Crater Trailhead…

Before launching into a reverie about the forest roads south of Lake Mary, allow me to say a few words about a sign that I saw…

There were a few things I had forgotten – joys and challenges – about running up Waterline Road in the two years the trail had been…

Hey, how’s that Imogene training going, you Flagstaff locals? Tired yet of the Sisyphusian climbs up Humphreys, Elden, Kendrick and O’Leary peaks? Looking for something different…

Heraclitus, that ancient philosopher who touted the universal flux theory, once said that you can’t step in the same river twice. And that is meant to…

Promises, promises. The Coconino National Forest website description of the Kachina Trail, one of Flagstaff’s iconic paths carved into the San Francisco Peaks’ southern flanks, promises…

My daughter, a much more intelligent and entertaining version of me, has this quirky habit. Whenever she trips, even slightly, on a rock on a trail…

I have no beef with runners who like to gather in groups to tackle trails. Slightly off topic, but I’m curious: What’s the proper collective noun…