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Boulder Pass Trail | The alternative route to Crown King
Boulder Pass Trail is a highly demanding 4WD adventure trail that will take 2 to 3 days to complete. This route incorporates Ruby Wash, a long-lost mild rock crawling trail. Its short distance will take you about 4.5 hours. This section is tight, overgrown with a single, highly technical waterfall. Heading north will take you…
Day four | Crown King and the Swastika Mine
A mildly challenging trail and an awesome mine After a good night’s sleep, we woke up to prepare some breakfast and pack up camp. Our camp was located near China Dam, just north of Lake Pleasant along Humbug Creek. There was a good amount of water flowing in the creek. Little did we know, 15…
Buckskin Canyon, Hassayampa River Wilderness and the UFO mine
A fantastic weekend with friends in the Bradshaw Mountains I was recently fooling around on Google Earth and came across a massive mining operation in the middle of nowhere. I intended to research the next Arizona Backcountry Explorers adventure, but we quickly got sidetracked, and boy, did we find a gem! This weekend John reunites…