Today's Hike

Today we hiked the Piestewa Peak Circumference Trail. As the name implies this is a hike around Piestewa Peak, formerly known as Squaw Peak. It's about 3.6 miles and has an accumulated elevation gain of about 1200'. It's a great hike except for the section where the trail joins the Piestewa Peak Summit Trail. Besides looking like a mall the day before Christmas it's a very steep descent over steps and rough rocks. Good for a workout but fairly miserable as a hiking trail. If we ever did the trail again we'd turn around before the Summit Trail and backtrack to the start.

Karen coming up the trail.

Karen near the top of the first climb.

Large metal storage box chained to the side of the trail.

It contained mostly garbage in the form of old water bottles.

Lots and lots of people on the Summit Trail.