Climbing and Caving

Abineau Trail is a steep 1,800 ft. climb over 2 miles up the slopes of the San Francisco Peaks through Abineau Canyon. The trail meets the Waterline Trail at the top, which can be followed down to…

From the Abineau and Bear Jaw trails, on the north slope of the San Francisco Peaks, you can see the Grand Canyon 70 miles away. These two trails make a scenic loop through forested canyons. Both end…

Originally built to maintain power lines, Casner Mountain Trail offers spectacular views of Sycamore Canyon Wilderness, Red Rock Secret Mountain Wilderness, and the Verde Valley. The trail follows an…

More of a rock climb than a hike, this trail is unshaded and steep and difficult in places—but the scenery bang for the buck is awesome! Follow the basket cairns across the wash and up the moderate…

Humphreys Trail is part of the Kachina Trail System.This steep mountain trail leads to the highest point in Arizona and is a butt-kicker. The trails runs approximately 5 to 5.5 miles in length one…

Inner Basin Trail is part of the Kachina Trail System. The San Francisco Peaks are actually the remains of an extinct volcano. Millions of years ago this great mountain was shattered by an explosion…

Jacks Canyon is situated in a beautiful canyon carved by rushing waters of the past. Jacks Canyon offers vertical to wildly overhanging routes on compact stone, mostly characterized by steep and…

This mile-long lava tube cave was formed roughly 700,000 years ago by molten rock that erupted from a volcano in nearby Hart Prairie.Learn More

O'Leary Peak is a lava dome volcano, not a cinder cone like Sunset Crater Volcano.The hike is along a roadbed, which is rough with pot holes, rocks and eroded sections. You may take your pet on this…

Weatherford Trail is part of the Kachina Trail System and the Schultz Tank Trail System.The remains of an old road that once took Model T Fords to the top of the San Francisco Peaks provides the…