Category: | Park, |
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Address: | Pigeon Spring Rd, Tonto Basin, AZ 85553, USA |
Postal code: | 85553 |
Phone: | (480) 610-3300 |
Website: | https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/tonto/home |
Monday: | Open 24 hours |
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Tuesday: | Open 24 hours |
Wednesday: | Open 24 hours |
Thursday: | Open 24 hours |
Friday: | Open 24 hours |
Saturday: | Open 24 hours |
Sunday: | Open 24 hours |
Out overlanding and found this desolate trailhead only 50 miles away from Phoenix deep in the wilderness. Do not attempt to drive here without a high clearance AWD/4WD off-road capable vehicle.
This is the hiking version of 0-100 real quick. Great views the entire time but gets a little technical in the chute. Bring gloves.
Nothing better than a nice day in Arizona. The heat is starting to come in and the time to go outside is coming to an end. But we have so many trails here they're never ending I could post for years and probably never ride the same one. Started just off a highway 87 and went off is Evan and with all the way over to Roosevelt lake. Check that up for peaks radio tower and all the way down to the lake. Round trip goofing off time out there for about 6 hours. You can do it in your truck but you are definitely going to need to lower the air pressure in your tires. But you will need a way to air them backup. We were on a side-by-side is my side tire pressures around 6PSI and suspension set on soft, Able to do about 35 miles an hour comfortably. You will not be able to achieve the speed in your car but you can still take the whole trip in your car. Hope everyone has a good day and a good time if you go. Always feel free to ask me questions.
Beautiful hike, especially if you take the climb to the top of Brown's peak. Moderate hike but the chute at the end is quite a rock climb.
It was a fun extremely easy drive. So we took a alternate route to the top. It was Cold and windy with light snow falling most of the day.