Trail Heads and Parking This hike is only accessible in summer. There is a large parking area at the trail head with port-a-potties but no water. The trail head is off Snow Bowl Road and is a chair lift in winter.
Hike Distance 4.5 miles for the ascent. 9 miles round trip.
Hiking Time Bet on it taking most of the day. Don't get caught on the summit late in the day either.
Hike Elevation 12,633 feet. The ascent is 3,333 feet.
Hike Difficulty Very Difficult. This is a long and strenuous hike. Added difficulty is the thinner oxygen near the summit. Be careful.
Trail Description This hike is only accessible in summer and even then the weather is pretty dodgy with storms often blowing in. Due to the peak being 12,500 feet it can snow at any time of the year so make certain to bring warm clothes.
The first three quarters of the trail is through deep, damp and heavy pine forest with glimpses of the mountains and valleys through the trees. It is really beautiful.
There is a saddle at the tree line which a lot of people use as a turn around point. From that point on there is snow on the ground and no trees. It is bare rock with the occasional lichen mixed in with mud and ice.
From the saddle onwards it gets colder and colder; and the air gets thinner too. Bring plenty of water and food as stopping to eat for a while is a good way to get your breath back in the thin air.
The actual peak is after about five fake peaks. By the time you get that close to the summit you are tired and sore and want the hike to end. The constant fake peaks can psyche you out, so beware. Getting to the peak is worth it. You get a panoramic view of northern Arizona.
Trail Map 
Humphrey's Peak on Google Maps. More
information on Humphrey's Peak.
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Scottsdale and
Old Town Scottsdale which lists the modernist and contemporary restaurants, taverns and bars in the greater Phoenix area.
This is the list of the most popular restaurants pages from phoenixeatsout.com that have been viewed the most;
My personal favourite restaurants in Phoenix are
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Arizona is an outdoor state and has lots of hiking in the city and around the state. Phoenix is unusual for most cities in having several large mountains in the center of the city with great hiking. Anyone who comes to Phoenix has to do the
Echo Canyon trail on Camelback and the
Summit Hike on Squaw Peak or Piesta Peak. The views of the city, suburbs and surrounding mountains are wonderful from Camelback and Piesta Peak.
For more experienced hikers there is the McDowell Mountains in North Scottsdale that has several difficult and strenuous hikes in
Tom's Thumb and
Bell Pass. Alternatively, you can hike the highest mountain in Arizona. At 12,600 feet
Humphrey's Peak is a long and difficult hike.
Between 2004 and 2009 this site,
southsearepublic.org, was a constitutional blog based on scoop which focused on Australian and global constitutional issues.
One of the strongest aspects of it was the development of constitutions by those involved in the blog. These constitutions are the outcome:
The constitutions were built using principles from Montesquieu's separation of powers, the enlightnment's universal political rights and the ancient Athenian technology of sortition and choice by lot.
South Sea Republic started in 2004 as an Australian constitutional blog in 2004 based on scoop software. It was an immigrative outgrowth of Kuro5hin. The archives for each year since then;
The articles are ordered by views.
I am an Australian living in the United States as a permanent resident.
I am a software developer by trade and mostly work in Java and jump between middleware and front end.
I originally worked in the New York area of the United States in telecommunications before moving to Washington DC and
working in a mix of telecommunications, energy and ITS. I started my own software company before heading out to
Arizona and working with Shutterfly. Since then I have joined a startup in the Phoenix area and am thoroughly enjoying myself.
I do a lot of photography which I post on this website, but also on flickr. I have a photo-journalistic website which lists
the modernist and contemporary restaurants in phoenix. I have a site on the
Australian Flying Corps [AFC] which has been around since the 1990s and which I unfortunately
lost the .org URL to during a life event; however, it is under the
www.australianflyingcorps.com URL now.
The AFC website has gone through several iterations since the 90s and the two most recent are
Australian Flying Corps Archives(2004-2002) and
Australian Flying Corps Archives(2002-1999) which are good places to start.
