TR: SE Az Sky Islands
Specifically, driving, camping, and hiking in the Dragoon and Chiricahua mountains. (no chuckling from the Colorado crew)
First, more and larger pictures are on my web site here .
(also, other trip report, truck upgrade, camper repair, home addition, miscellaneous, and cat pictures are linked at my home page
Here are excerpts from the MVUMs, in case anyone would like to locate the roads mentioned below.
Dragoon MVUM Chiricahua MVUM
The Dragoons
Middlemarch Road -- excellent dirt road that goes all the way across the range.
Start of Stronghold Canyon - (687 road to 688)
Got to be some mountain goats over there
Top of Stronghold Canyon -- not far from the semi-mythical Cochise Stronghold
Starting up China Peak road -697. Just past here, two guys on a side-by-side told me 'You can't get up there'
At the top (except for some old mine 'roads')
Nice little valley, just over the top.
Starting back down the next day
Not rock crawling -- but rough enough. I didn't hear anything hit under the truck, but I'm glad I added a transmission skid plate.
Cochise Peak road - 345A. Too high to get over or around -- probably.
So backing down a one lane road -- happy to have a rear view camera.
After a ~10 point turn-around, on foot to the summit - about 7000 ft.
Pinery Canyon road in the Chiricahuas. Another good dirt road that goes across the range.
42D road toward the wilderness area
And on foot again, past the end of the road
Near 9000 ft here. See the miniature mountain lion tracks?
Too hazy today
Rental camper on an F-150
Name suggestions for this little peak? -- remembering that Kitt Peak is taken.
Cave Creek - end of 42A road
There's a 400 foot waterfall up there -- in the shadow at the low point of the ridge line
Closer look
Cave Creek again -- way up one of the trails
Rucker Canyon 74E road via Tex Canyon
628 road - that tree is a little too close, and too high to cut. On foot again
Normal end of road -- trail continues
Near Monte Vista peak
Looks fake to me
Turkey Creek Canyon
Turkey Creek -- got to be some Brook trout in there
Near the Cochise Stronghold campground, back in the Dragoons. The other end of Stronghold Canyon.
4377 road off of the 795 road. Had to get out a few times to guide myself when I couldn't see the road.
4376 road -- no other tire tracks or foot prints
Finally, a poor attempt to photograph the moon and Jupiter.
Hope you enjoyed the pictures. I thought it was a great trip, and quite close to home.
First, more and larger pictures are on my web site here .
(also, other trip report, truck upgrade, camper repair, home addition, miscellaneous, and cat pictures are linked at my home page
Here are excerpts from the MVUMs, in case anyone would like to locate the roads mentioned below.
Dragoon MVUM Chiricahua MVUM
The Dragoons
Middlemarch Road -- excellent dirt road that goes all the way across the range.
Start of Stronghold Canyon - (687 road to 688)
Got to be some mountain goats over there
Top of Stronghold Canyon -- not far from the semi-mythical Cochise Stronghold
Starting up China Peak road -697. Just past here, two guys on a side-by-side told me 'You can't get up there'
At the top (except for some old mine 'roads')
Nice little valley, just over the top.
Starting back down the next day
Not rock crawling -- but rough enough. I didn't hear anything hit under the truck, but I'm glad I added a transmission skid plate.
Cochise Peak road - 345A. Too high to get over or around -- probably.
So backing down a one lane road -- happy to have a rear view camera.
After a ~10 point turn-around, on foot to the summit - about 7000 ft.
Pinery Canyon road in the Chiricahuas. Another good dirt road that goes across the range.
42D road toward the wilderness area
And on foot again, past the end of the road
Near 9000 ft here. See the miniature mountain lion tracks?
Too hazy today
Rental camper on an F-150
Name suggestions for this little peak? -- remembering that Kitt Peak is taken.
Cave Creek - end of 42A road
There's a 400 foot waterfall up there -- in the shadow at the low point of the ridge line
Closer look
Cave Creek again -- way up one of the trails
Rucker Canyon 74E road via Tex Canyon
628 road - that tree is a little too close, and too high to cut. On foot again
Normal end of road -- trail continues
Near Monte Vista peak
Looks fake to me
Turkey Creek Canyon
Turkey Creek -- got to be some Brook trout in there
Near the Cochise Stronghold campground, back in the Dragoons. The other end of Stronghold Canyon.
4377 road off of the 795 road. Had to get out a few times to guide myself when I couldn't see the road.
4376 road -- no other tire tracks or foot prints
Finally, a poor attempt to photograph the moon and Jupiter.
Hope you enjoyed the pictures. I thought it was a great trip, and quite close to home.
