"Bagged Maricopa and Elliot following the ridge from the East. Ridgeline hikes naturally have spectacular views and this was no exception. I originally intended just the bag Maricopa from the west but the road to the parking lot for the western trailhead was blocked off for repairs. You have to go off the main trail to bag Maricopa and the route isn’t maintained as well for that portion. I was scratched by a plant that I’m apparently allergic to and got some inflammation, so be careful!" — tylerdelia • Apr 18, 2023

"Hiked from the bottom at Holbert Trail to see the sunset at the top. It is very steep and rocky, like all trails in Phoenix. There are great views from the top, but there is a road to the top in case you don't want to go to the top via hiking. There are cool views and ruins from the top. When hiking down after sunset, it's kinda dangerous. Cool petroglyphs near the trailhead tho!" — lc4441 • Dec 6, 2022

"This one was very steep on the last day in Phoenix. Nice way to end the trip. So started at 7 AM and summited at 8. The trail was overall rocky and has many steps. The signs were cool and the views were too. Then when we summited, we scrambled over to the higher summit on the side. The summit on the side had the summit benchmark. There was one scramble at the end near the summit." — lc4441 • Dec 6, 2022

"Been a while since I've been out and about and hiking. I've been recovering from really badly overdoing it and my body has been complaining, but my soul and mental health are complaining that I'm not outside as much as I should be. What do you even do at that point...? Ugh. So, it was a gorgeous day here in Phoenix, sunny and cool(er), and eventually I hopped in the car and drove down to South Mountain Preserve, one of the areas I hadn't been before. We started at the five tables(?) trailhead and took the Ranger trail up to the ridgeline, where we met the National Trail. We travelled westbound on the ridgeline to Goat Hill and took an old use trail that was near some mines - I stepped on a shed teddy bear cholla and had to deal with THAT issue - and then scrambled up the ridgeline to the summit. After basking in the view, we took the very well established and easy current use trail back down (whoops), and headed eastbound. We decided that for the first time out in a while, we'd just head down the wash on the Kiwanis trail past Telegraph point (very cool structure/lookout) and then meet up with the Las Lomitas trail to take us back over to the Ranger Trail and back down to my vehicl..." — psychikingjes • Nov 19, 2022

"We were supposed to do both Ridgeback Overlook and Apache Vista, but I missed the turn for the summit hike and it was getting warm and we wanted to head back and get breakfast anyway. Whoops~! So, so much for Apache Vista, but that's alright. It was a nice little exercise hike. Ken had his pack loaded up more than I did; I probably should have put more effort into practicing, but... oh well. A nice day and a nice light hike." — psychikingjes • Apr 16, 2022