#pimawashtrail

[matthewhook]

Sweet little ten mile loop on #SouthMountainPreserve for a #SundayRunDay. I started from #PimaCanyonTrailhead, and headed west on #DesertClassicTrail, which makes for a cozy warm-up and leg-loosener. About three miles in, I cut north up the #YoungManTrail to run apex-out on #MidlifeCrisisTrail. Without a pre-planned route in mind, I opted to explore a length of the ridge to the west I had not seen before. Just a half-mile or so along, I spotted some folks ahead sunning on a rock outcropping, and wishing to avoid interaction I scrambled a precipitous game trail that took me through a largely vertical boulder garden where I could wave to climbers packing crashpads out to sesh their favorite boulder problems. I bottomed out in the #PimaWash, again heading farther west, over #FatManPass to cruise roughly north along the exposed single-track of #NationalTrail and east on the #MormonLoopTrail. Reaffirming my bearings seeing #RockHouse I descended into #HiddenValley and jammed out on #PimaWashTrail. All in all, a total dream of a route! (at South Mountain, Phoenix) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-56R7mnWFNCg4Quiyz_ZuodMgq6Hcb3G0I0Sw0/?igshid=1kvw9c31sqkg4

[runningonreefer]

Pack-hiking the Wash with my little big-boy! Saturday is for family! After exceeding my weekly mileage goal by (an accidental) nearly 25%, I elected to hit the trails with the fam - wife, son, and dad-in-law - for a casual walk up the (Pima) Wash. . . . #WeThreeHook #aLifeLessOrdinary #ActivatedAthlete #RunningOnReefer #CannabisKeepsMeActive #TrailRunning #LivinTheDream #HardwareDontCare #DadLife #PimaWashTrail #StrawIsATechnicalFabric #Aloha (at South Mountain Park Preserve) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpu_f7CBZdtmXxoAd2K5LXX2UiMQY-wb8BsV1A0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1lp6ngnv2xdl3

[goodthingshappenhere]

I’m glad I chose a different route today. Beautiful day to be out and about exploring nature.

[matthewhook]

Started at the #DesertClassic, I spotted a sweet little #ManyHeadedBarrelCactus. Finding my feet, I ran on to the #BeverlyCanyonTrail intersection, and crept up that big ol' hill to #ScottPass. Slid down the technical single-track and crossed the #PimaWashTrail. Onward and upward, I found my way over #SantaCruzHill and down into the #BeverlyCanyon proper, where I was distracted by a slew of #Petroglyphs I found while "checking on my favorite cactus," if you know what I mean. After a half-hour or so picking around different rock out-cropping, I found my way back around to the end of #Wash and up to the #TrailHead. (at South Mountain, Phoenix) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-QniMTnvudcnocXTCZoge9Ae_w3zoJar8MWFc0/?igshid=1boca9vrekx5f

[matthewhook]

"The largest city park in the World!" #SouthMountainPreserve was created in 1924 as #PhoenixMountain Park. Much of the initial trails were created in the 1930s through the efforts of the #CivilianConservationCorps. I accessed the #BeverlyCanyonTrail from the #DesertClassic, about two miles from the #PimaWashTrailhead. After passing some homes on the left, the well-signed trail begins its path up into Beverly Canyon, settling onto a course that carries it beneath humming power lines high overhead. I climbed sharply to the saddle at #ScottRidge and cruised down the back to cross #PimaWashTrail and the #NationalTrail, tucking into the ever-loving arms of the #BeverlyCanyon. Close to a mile and a half in, she opens those arms and released me back into the wide, sandy, #PimaWash. As the trail gently climbs, I emerge into a packed parking lot to find @mama__hook and our boy Fletch jamming down the trail on his @striderbikes. Happy Tuesday! (at Beverly Canyon Trail) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-I9GZdnqGKH52_JxT8djQBI3_9x-KEWYmMF8o0/?igshid=1gdkexpenect7

[runningonreefer]

Adventure is out there! . . . #ActivatedAthlete #aLifeLessOrdinary #WeThreeHook #WeLiveHere #SAHD #DadLife #Chandler #Phoenix #Arizona #SouthMountain #PimaWashTrail http://bit.ly/2DyStnc

[runningonreefer]

Pack-hiking the Wash with my little big-boy! Saturday is for family! After exceeding my weekly mileage goal by (an accidental) nearly 25%, I elected to hit the trails with the fam - wife, son, and dad-in-law - for a casual walk up the (Pima) Wash. . . . #WeThreeHook #aLifeLessOrdinary #ActivatedAthlete #RunningOnReefer #CannabisKeepsMeActive #TrailRunning #LivinTheDream #HardwareDontCare #DadLife #PimaWashTrail #StrawIsATechnicalFabric #Aloha http://bit.ly/2REa9Sr