Superstition Ride

8 day camping/lodging trail ride

Dates 2016 : March 19 - 26 , November 5 - 12

Arrival, Departure: Phoenix INTL. airport

first and last night at the Quality Inn Phoenix airport Tempe

     

         

 

 

Day 1, Sat.: Arrival at Phoenix, INTL. airport. Take shuttle to Quality Inn airport.

 

Day 2,Sun.: Pick up @ the hotel 9 am in lobby. Transfer to camp at Picket Post trailhead. Getting acquainted with the horses and go for a nice afternoon ride towards Reavis corrals and Happy camp. Camp @ picket post. (15 miles)

Day 3, Mon.: Full day ride up the Arizona trail towards the White Canyon wilderness area. Very scenic ride with plenty of photo opportunities. Camp @ picket post. (22 miles)

Day 4, Tue.: Initially we will follow the same steep mountain trail fruit grower Elisha Reavis took many years ago supplying solitary miners in the Superstitions up to Rogers Trough. We pass by the historic JT Ranch and follow a rocky trail through Frazier canyon to our next camp at Peralta. Camp @ the Quarter cirlce U ranch in Peralta. (30 miles)

Day 5, Wed.: We'll undertake a shorter loop ride up to Hiroglyphic canyon today. Camp back at the Quarter circle U. (16 miles)

 

Day 6, Thu.: We follow the Lost Dutchman trail around the dominant peak called Weaver's Needle on to First Water where we'll spend the night. camp at Goldfield. (30 miles)

Day 7, Fri: In the morning we'll stop at Goldfield, a ghost town, for an unforgettable western experience. we continue through Bulldog canyon to the Salt River. After a swim in the river we'll be picked up with our horses and driven to a nice farewell dinner. After dinner transfer to the hotel. ( 20 miles)

          

       

Superstition Trail, March 2013

           

             

               

Superstition Trail

 

          

    

 

 

   

     

   

 

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November Superstition trail