Highest peak
Camelback Mountain
2,704 ft / 824 m
Most prominent peak
Camelback Mountain
1,334 ft / 406 m prom
Most summited peak
Camelback Mountain
155 summits
Most difficult peak
no info yet
Difficulty breakdown
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Highlights
Latest summits
"I had summitted Maricopa peak a number of years ago via the west side of the Alta trail. This time I approached the peak from the east end of the Alta trail. The only catch was that today was "Silent Sunday" and the section of the summit road was closed to all motor vehicles (which I totally support), so I had to park about a mile from the trailhead and take part of the Max Delta trail to the start of the Alta trail, which would get me close to the summit. Anyway.... The trail started off fairly shallow, but quickly hit a series of switchbacks that took you to the ridge. Spotted a couple of coyotes from a distance, which was cool. From there, the trail followed the contours of the range and came up onto the ridge again, where I left the Alta trail and followed a social trail to the left to take me to the peak. The main trail was really a nice, fun and scenic trail. It's away from the main section of South Mountain, so there wasn't many people on the trail. This has become my favorite trail in the park (so far). The social trail that leads to the summit quickly became rocky and the last 50 feet of elevation was pretty rocky and looked like it might have been a class 4 climb,..." — lawrencebaker1 • Mar 3, 2024
"I had summitted Maricopa peak a number of years ago via the west side of the Alta trail. This time I approached the peak from the east end of the Alta trail. The only catch was that today was "Silent Sunday" and the section of the summit road was closed to all motor vehicles (which I totally support), so I had to park about a mile from the trailhead and take part of the Max Delta trail to the start of the Alta trail, which would get me close to the summit. Anyway.... The trail started off fairly shallow, but quickly hit a series of switchbacks that took you to the ridge. Spotted a couple of coyotes from a distance, which was cool. From there, the trail followed the contours of the range and came up onto the ridge again, where I left the Alta trail and followed a social trail to the left to take me to the peak. The main trail was really a nice, fun and scenic trail. It's away from the main section of South Mountain, so there wasn't many people on the trail. This has become my favorite trail in the park (so far). The social trail that leads to the summit quickly became rocky and the last 50 feet of elevation was pretty rocky and looked like it might have been a class 3 climb...." — lawrencebaker • Mar 3, 2024
"Met with a local Phoenix outdoors club for an evening hike to the top of Dixie Mountain to watch the sunset. Nice easy hike through the Sonoran Desert Preserve in north Phoenix with a nice group of people. This my second ascent of this small peak, but worth it for the sunset." — lawrencebaker • Feb 5, 2024
"Started on W Estrella Drive outside house number 4110. Hiked SE to the San Juan Lookout and proceeded on the Alta Trail to the Trail Post at 2460ft. At 1925ft next to the trail, passed a bee's nest complete with honeycombs hanging from the roof of a rock inlay! Left the Alta trail at 2460ft on a clear trail to the summit. According to my GPS the northern-most of the summit blocks is the true summit. In order to ascend the final block you have 3 routes:
A. Class 1 with exposure or
B. Class 2 with prickly bush in the way or
C. Class 3 short scramble.
The 20-year-old Summit Register, in a green circular can, is located on the south summit block." — andyforster • Jan 30, 2024
"Got to the trailhead at the North Mountain visitor center a little before 7am hoping to beat the crowds. For the most part I did. I took a newer trail from the visitor center that followed along 7th street and met up with trail 101 at a saddle. From there it was simply follow the trail to the road and then up the road to the antenna farm at the top. Weather was nice and not too crowded. Once at the top, I followed trail 44 along the ridge for about 500 ft. until it intersected a trail to the right that lead down to the west where it joined with trail 100. From there, it was a quick hike back to the visitor center. The track on this log was from a new US Topo app install on my phone and for some reason it didn't start recording until I hit the paved road. I'm still looking for a good trail/GPS app for the phone. But not bad for the first trial of the app. " — lawrencebaker • Jan 28, 2024