Peak 2817 - Superstition Mountains

I started my hike at 9:29 AM. At 11:44 AM, I stood on the 2,817-foot summit. It was 2.1 miles from my van, and had taken me 2 hours and 14 minutes. I headed back down at 12:06 PM, and was back at my van at 1:54 PM. The entire hike was 4.1 miles round-trip, and it took me 4 hours and 24 minutes.

Peak 3163 - Goldfield Mountains

I started my hike at 3:24 PM. First, I reached the Bulldog Saddle in 35 minutes. Next, I headed up Peak 3157 to the turn-off. That took me 18 minutes. From there it took me another 18 minutes to reach the 3,163-foot summit. It was 4:39 PM when I stood on the summit, and it had taken me 1 hour and 14 minutes. After sunset, I hiked back down at 5:27 PM, and got back to my van at 6:35 PM. My hike was 3.6 miles round-trip, and it took me 3 hours and 9 minutes.

The Flatiron - Superstition Mountains

I started my hike at 7:51 AM. It then took me 2 hours and 25 minutes to reach the edge of the Flatiron. The time was 10:18 AM. After that I began my 1.2 mile hike around Peak 5024. Then I started back down at 12:22 PM, and I got back to my van at 2:25 PM. My hike was 6.9 miles, and it took me 6 hours and 33 minutes.

The hoodoos in the Superstition Mountains are largely sculpted from consolidated volcanic ash (tuff) from eruptions millions of years ago. The Apache people considered the Superstitions sacred, believing that the hoodoos were their ancestors who transformed into stone to watch over the land and guard the entrance to the spirit world or underworld.