Well, we did a version of this hike back in early December. It was myself, my husband and an old friend of his, Kathy. We started the 6th I believe. West Pinto trail was incredibly brushy and overgrown. So it was slow going all the way over to Iron Mountain. The views coming up the Mountain were aws...

I'm starting to wonder if I'm going to freeze on Iron Mountain day 1.
I don't know about the Valley of the Sun, but it's been freezing in Tucson. We had a little rain on Wednesday.
I'm hoping the East Valley got some rain as well.

I'm enjoying all of the discussion on this topic. Thanks all! I'm still trying to dial in my water purification/ filtration system. I use to be big on my Pur Hiker water filter until I was on the Little Blue up by Hannah Canyon. The rain moved in and I spent 2 days filtering silted water. The cartri...

I have a Jeep Cherokee with stock tires and it was dark when I went in. I honestly didn't give it a good try.
However, I will say that the size of the truck (BIG) in those photos seems to minimize the roughness.

I couldn't make the road in my jeep last time either.

Thanks desert tarheel. I'll be looking forward to any info you may aquire. Happy Hiking! As for the proposed route: Starting at the Miles TH we'll take the West Pinto Creek trail (212) up to Rogers Trough TH. Then the Reavis trail (109) briefly to catch the Rogers Canyon trail (110). I want to check...

I am going to be walking through the Superstitions in a couple of weeks from the Miles TH to First Water TH. I'm wondering what the water conditions are like. Has anyone been out around Tortilla TH and Peters Mesa area lately? I've read that Mullin Spring and Kane Spring have water seasonally and I ...

You can boil them until they are a reddish- pink color and then peel them. After peeling them you can saute the meat in butter and garlic for flavor.
I find that the bigger ones are the ones that tend to be blue. They are usually in bigger streams or deeper water pools.