Tag: Picacho Peak

Wowzers was this one tough!  Glad to have my son with me to encourage me in a spot where my fear was kicking in.

Cool and windy today, especially around the bowl, but the summit had far less wind and felt several degrees warmer. Great hike with great friends!

Trail condition was good, but there was an area where the cables were under repair, so in that part the cables were not usable.  Just…

I have hiked Picacho Peak many times.  This time parts of the trail were under construction.  The recent heavy rains washed out parts of the…

We chose a great day to go – the rain held off, but it was cool and cloudy so not a ton of traffic on…

Great hike!

Went with the Boy Scout Troop, prepping for Philmont next summer.  Did the whole loop with the Summit.  Started from our camp site took the…

My first time hiking up Picacho Peak! Great weather made for a nice and enjoyable hike – super happy I remembered my gloves as they…

Great hike! The segments with the wire rope assist were challenging. Gloves are highly recommended for the ropes and rock scramble. We went mid-morning and…

Tough hike, great trail conditions, few other hikers.

This is a rad hike! If you can handle  heights and ledges this is a must do!  The park ranger at the gate convinced me…

Amazing Arizona weather for the beautiful Picacho Peak ! Took about 2:45 from the hunter trail head and back. Would recommend gloves to use on…

For someone afraid of heights. This was a doozie. As part of the 6 pop I had to. Get er done. It was a beautiful…

Jeff Hester I think I hate you. LOL.  I’m joking of course but this was tough and unlike anything I’ve done before. So exellerating.  The…

This hike is all Up. When u get to the saddle u have to go back down the other side to get to the Summit.…

Why the title ‘The Big Rock’ you ask? I’ll say, because when I stepped out of my car, gazing at the landscape I was about…

Camped in the State park with a troop of 10 boy scouts (including my son) and 3 other leaders.  This is my favorite winter hike…

More fun than I thought it would be.

This was my first time conquering Picacho Peak, so I made sure to research beforehand. Trekking poles with gloves are strongly recommended and were a…

This was our first major hike of the season, and one that I was pretty anxious about. I figured if I “ate the frog” and…

Number 2 of 6! @sixpackofpeaksarizona Gotta HIKE ‘EM ALL!!! I love to be creative & be different! Pikachu meets Picacho! interesting story to this place…

By far the toughest hike I’ve been on besides Flatiron. I wasn’t really prepared for how difficult it was even though I knew it was…

I found this hike to be one of the most enjoyable. It is not to long of a hike about 1 1/2 to 2 hrs…

Incredible views in all direction from the summit! You feel like you can see all of central Arizona- Casa Grande, Phoenix, Marana and Tucson. Make…

Gnats were horrible, especially at the peak. Cables were intense.

Gnats were awful at peak, cables were intense, great trip to tucson to see friends!

Boy, am I happy that I read the description of this hike first! I spent the best $4.99 before doing this hike on a pair…

This was my second time hiking Picacho Peak and the cables seemed a little less scary this time. I was lucky to have my husband…

Drove down from Phoenix to Picacho early Saturday morning. Picacho is challenging in certain parts, particularly when you head in and out of the saddle.…

Beautiful day for a hike!  Most of wildflowers have finished blooming and hedgehog cactus are now in bloom.  Hiked up Sunset, down Hunter and roadwalked…

The hike was unforgettable.  Beautiful temperature that made it easy to stay cool.  I wasn’t wearing the right shoes so it was a bit slippery.…

Hunter Trail to the Picacho Summit starts off straight up… no warm up,  let’s get this heart started!!  I went up on a Tuesday around…

Probably a tough hike for anybody with a fear of heights.  I was surprised at how risky the cableless section just after the saddle was…

Day 3, Peak 5 of 6 on our weekend challenge. Scary, Scary, Scary

Steep but a great view.   Don’t forget your gloves for the cables.

Another great hike this weekend!

Nice to be back up one of my favorite hikes in southern Az.

First time doing Picacho Peak and I plan to do it again in the near future! This is my favorite kind of hiking: steep, strategic…

This one is always fun, and since we went on a Monday we beat a lot of the crowds.  A couple in our group had…

Even if it wasnt the most difficult hike I have done,  Picacho Peak kicked my behind.  It could have been that it was my 3rd…

Arrived around 7am and found only one other car in the parking lot. We had a group of four adults. We didn’t encounter any other…

The State does a great job upkeeping this trail. There are still SO MANY cut throughs by hikers who don’t stay on the trails. We…

This mountain is just so cool!  You can always spot it while driving down the I-10.  We started early to try and beat the sun…

My hiking buddy, Stacy and I made it out to AZ again to take on Picacho Peak and Fremont Saddle. We loved them both but…

Holy S**T!!  All I have to say is thank goodness my hiking buddy, Christina Bennett, is always so prepared for our hikes.  She’s amazing because…

I’m not gonna lie, I was pretty drained after this one… especially after the hand over hand back up on the way down (confusing I…

My last one for the AZ 6pop! It was warm (83 degrees) but in the afternoon the Huntertrail up until the saddle is in the…

Great hike! Great friends! Great weather! Beautiful flowers! All around great day. 🙂

We had to take a day off work to find time to do this hike before our companion takes off for a long Europe trip.…

This hike was absolutely beautiful! I originally started this challenge because I had driven past Picacho peak for work on countless occasions, telling myself, “it’d…

For me, this was the toughest peak yet. It was beautiful and exhilarating and HARD. Maybe it’s the full travel day with flight plans A,…

First time on Picacho and it was fun but definately a challenging hike.  The weather was gorgeous and the wildflowers in bloom.  Couldn’t ask for…

We were feeling good after the Wasson Peak summit that morning and still had the whole day ahead of us, so we decided to go…

Since we are from Phoenix and we were able to knock off Wasson Peak early enough in the day, we thought “Hey, let’s do Picacho…

Picacho is always so much fun! There were wildflowers most of the way to the saddle. Then from the top you could see the carpets…

This hike is rough. Definitely hardest of the hikes so far. This hike started earlier than the others at 4am. Well for me and my…

Lots of tourists with small children, creating bottlenecks at the steep inclines. Other than that, pretty pleasurable

Wow! An amazing trail this morning! We took the “long way” to see the wildflowers and enjoy the view. Butterflies all over!  The cabling wasn’t…

It was fun but was the hardest one yet.

Very challenging path to the summit. The 2 mile hike was beautiful. Saguaros everywhere with blooming wild flowers. Encouragement from other hikers helped me overcome…

Absolutely beautiful hike. So many wild flowers. Everything was so green also. Stunning 360 views. Just breathtaking. Not for those who are scared of heights…

Pretty much what was expected.

Due to the weather forecast of the waters of March descending on southern California for the weekend, I made the decision to hike up Picacho…

Very challenging hike but the payoff is worth it!

What a fun hike. At the trailhead 8 a.m.Patches of snow visible within a mile. Lots of steps (iced over, so be careful). Cables we…

If you like tough hikes that are a little bit different than the norm, this is possibly the best hike on this hiking list. We…

The Picacho peak hike was fantastic. We had hiked this in the heat of June so the winter late day hike was an amazing difference.…

I was worried about the chilly temps but it ended up being perfect conditions for a challenging but enjoyable hike.  A magical blend of wildflowers,…

This was our second hike of the day after doing an early morning hike of Wasson Peak.  Since we made the drive from Phoenix my…

2nd hike of the day, the first being Wasson Peak. Wanted to get both out in one day while we we’re down in Tucson. Hard…

Weather was beautiful! People on the trail were helpful and very nice. Longest part of the hike was waiting for people to pass through cable…

Alee and I bagged our first peak of the challenge, Picacho Peak about 1.5 hours outside of Phoenix off the I-10.This peak is straight up…

Ok, so this one was insane! The first half was steady up, up, up and then when you got to the saddle, you went around…

I drove down from the valley this morning and was welcomed by a crisp morning. Clear blue skies and small crowds made the hike pleasant…

Great hike and challenging. Not for new hikers.

This was such a fun hike with an AMAZING view from the summit! Pictures don’t do it justice. Definitely recommend this climb!