It’s been 13 years since I did a winter migration to Phoenix, AZ, but now I’m out here for a vacation with my wife. Of course we had to hike Camelback, my favorite. It was an early start before 6am to beat the heat. The round trip hike took over twice as long as it used to when I was in CrossFit shape, but we had fun and made without injury! Over 1,300 feet of elevation climb over about 1.1 miles is no joke!!
Yesterday I ran up the mountain by the place we’ve rented for the week, which I think is in the middle of the photo if you zoom in. The views were gorgeous.
One of my favorite places to be is on a difficult solo hike. Just me and the mountain, with nobody to slow me down.
I took this photo in 2011 on the Echo Canyon Summit trail at Camelback Mountain in Phoenix, Arizona. It’s my favorite hike and one I did many times when I snowbirded for a few winters. The elevation change is more than 1,200 feet over 1.2 miles, so it’s a very challenging hike.
I hiked up the West Fork Trail that leads to Pinnacle. It was a steady climb for the first 2+ miles and then leveled out for most of the remainder. It was about 3.3 miles out to the Pinnacle and then I descended the same way I went up. On Monday I went back and […]
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