Tag: Chiricahua Mountains

Chiricahua Big Loop (Chiricahua National Monument, AZ)

On By Andrew WojtanikIn Arizona, Strenuous Hikes5 Comments

Inspiration Point Trail, Chiricahua National Monument, November 2022 At first glance, the Chiricahua Mountains of southeast Arizona appear little different from the hundreds of other small ranges of the Basin and Range area, which spans from southern Oregon and Idaho down to Mexico: an abrupt north-south range rising from open, scrubby valleys, seemingly the same …

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Fort Bowie Trail Loop (Fort Bowie National Historic Site, AZ)

On By Andrew WojtanikIn Arizona, Moderate Hikes2 Comments

Fort Bowie Trail Loop, Fort Bowie National Historic Site, November 2022 - Civil War Series - At a time when most eyes were on the major battlefields of the Civil War out east, the Union Army was engaged in 1962 in a series of smaller skirmishes in the American Southwest with Confederate cavalry and an …

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