Kendrick Peak

Cappie’s Scoop: I tried to hike this peak in 2019 but mom saw a bunch of animal tracks on the trail, got nervous and said we better turn around. She didn’t tell me what she saw but mom knows best right! We returned to…

Old Caves Crater Summit

Cappie’s Scoop: When mom said we were going to see some caves, I was nervous. Were they going to be dark, scary, dusty, smelly, or maybe full of sticks? Who knows! So we decided to go check them out. When we got to the…

Sandy’s Canyon to Fisher Point

Cappie’s Scoop: The good news, this trail starts out going downhill into the canyon. The not-so-good news, you have to finish your hike climbing uphill out of the canyon! So furiends, save some energy for the end of your hike. Once you get to…

Red Mountain Volcano

Cappie’s Scoop: The first time mom and I hiked this trail it started to snow on us! It was Memorial Day weekend in 2019 and we never thought we’d have snow. The good news was that we had the trail all to ourselves, but…

O’Leary Peak

Cappie’s Scoop: Mom is so smart! She did her research and remembered to bring the booties because of the crushed volcanic rock on the trail. Gotta love mom! On this day, we had sunshine and blue skies but also wind. So.much.wind. By the time…

Devil’s Bridge

Cappie’s Scoop: I didn’t know what I was in for when we started to hike this trail. I should’ve known when mom said the “devil’s bridge” that it would be scary. We walked out onto the bridge and I looked at mom thinking we…

Boynton Canyon

Cappie’s Scoop: All I wanted to do was zooooooom on this trail! Maybe there really is an energy vortex out there like mom says. The trail through the canyon had some shade and lots of leaves to crunch. Then when we went to the…