Pass Mountain Summit Loop - Tonto National Forest

I began my hike in Usery Mountain Regional Park. I did a 5.3 mile loop going clockwise to the 3,304-foot summit. From there I headed south where I followed the trail down to my mini van. The hike took me 3 hours and 19 minutes.

Double Arches Loop - Superstition Mountains

I returned to Crucifix Canyon to look for the Double Arches. The geological formations here are fascinating. My loop hike was 2.3 miles, and it took me 1 hour and 47 minutes.

Caving - Prescott National Forest

I explored this short, but beautiful cave with cavers from Arizona. The cave is located east of Chino Valley in the Antelope Hills. The off-trail hike to the cave was 3.8 miles round-trip. The cave formed in the redwall limestone near the bottom of a canyon. This area is called The Chino/Coconino Grasslands and Shrub-Steppe ecoregion. Various mixtures of semi-desert grasslands, semi-desert shrub-steppe, and sagebrush shrublands occur here.

Mike Van Note leading the way.

Mike Van Note and LL

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Mike Van Note

Peak 3336 - New River

I followed a loop trail counterclockwise up to the 3,336-foot summit of Peak 3336. My loop hike was 4.2 miles, and it took me 3 hours and 14 minutes. The ascent was 1,176-feet.

View of the New River Mountains from the summit.

View of the New River Mountains from the summit.