Wilderness skills and safety instructor Jon Mincks advises against hiking during the day in the summer due to the severe dangers desert heat can present. Mincks says if you have to go out hiking, make ...

Spring national park visits offer the perfect combination of comfortable weather, blooming wildflowers and smaller crowds ...

It's a beautiful day outside, and many people are exploring some desert hiking trails. However, on Saturday, News Channel 3 reported that a hiker needed emergency assistance at the Homestead trail in ...

Arizona's mesmerizing desert landscape often seems like the closest thing you can get to an alien planet without actually leaving Earth. With eye-popping desert vistas, red and yellow landscapes, and ...

Sorry Quartzite Mountain, Lupe and I have a new favorite High Desert hiking trail. Horseshoe Lake Loop in Mojave Narrows Regional Park is more like a cool stroll than a vigorous hike, but the ...

Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge shines in every season, but winter offers visitors some of the prettiest and most peaceful walking of the year. Located about 90 miles north of Las Vegas, the often ...

I’ve dedicated the better half of the column this month to the hiking in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, stemming from a camping trip I took over the first weekend in February. Late winter is the best ...

Lupe, my hiking Chihuahua, and I were finally ready to hit the High Desert hiking trails after a brief summer/fall hiatus. Our last attempt at summiting peaks in the Victor Valley was in late June ...