Mount Elden — Hike Logs

You better respect your Elden

This was a good hike. Lots of stairs and the elevation gain is relentless. It’s a busy trail so you…

Elden fire tower is up there, just keep climbing

Up you go!  A bit of a snowfield towards the top to cross, but it’s doable if you take your…

Peak #3- The way-up-high fire lookout and communications towers visible from Flagstaff…

You can see ’em from across Flagstaff, – the fire lookout and communications towers way up high on Mount Elden;…

Elden for last

This was such a fun one to end on! The trail was a lot of fun and was kind of…

AZ FINALE

BUTTONS GALORE – LOOK FOR THEM!  We were able to summit early enough to be able to catch the fire…

Elden lookout

I think I personally struggled a bit on this hike, slower than I thought I would be. Lack of energy.…

Rocky lookout

Challenging & Rocky incline all the way up! It definitely was a good workout, especially after hiking Oleary (10) miles…

Elden!!

Struggled on the elevation, hiked after O’Leary. Easy trail to follow.

Morning turned into afternoon hike

Second time I’ve done Elden, but first time with some snow on trail up towards the top. Had micro spikes…

Great hike

Fun hike.

Mt Elden

Eldon

Awesome!