Slate Mountain fail

I've been putting off writing this next post because I was hoping to review a new spot: Slate Mountain in Coconino National Forest, near Flagstaff, AZ.  I was in the area to hike the Grand Canyon for a few days, and drove right through the national forest on the way to and from the airport. 
 

I'll be back.

The U.S. Forest Service describes  the Slate Mountain trail (2.4 miles one-way) as the region's "premier day hikes," in which "the path spirals up the mountain's narrow summit like a stripe up a barber pole. The effect is as if you were riding past some of the Forest's most spectacular scenery on a huge lazy Susan. The San Francisco Peaks, Kendrick Mountain, Red Mountain, the Grand Canyon, Painted Desert, you can see them all, just by turning your head, from the top of Slate Mountain."








Um, yes, please.  Unfortunately, flight problems ate up the time we had set aside for the hike.  So we continued on to the Grand Canyon for a 2-night backpacking trip.  It was a great trip (planned before this blog came about), but now I've got one more reason to head back to Arizona in the future.

The consolation prize.

If you want to go, the U.S. Forest Service has directions here.  Watch the odometer when following the directions - there are no signs for the trail turnoff. 

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