Popular Phoenix hiking trails were closed for 45 ... About 100 people hiked the Echo Canyon Trail per day during heat warnings in 2020. The number tripled in 2021 and has since mostly trended ...

One of the most popular hikes in the Valley, the Echo Canyon Trail is one of two ways to climb Camelback Mountain — and both are seriously challenging. To the top of the mountain and back to its ...

Soaring more 2,700 feet in elevation, Camelback's summit offers spectacular views of Phoenix and Scottsdale and can be reached from the 2.5-mile (incredibly steep) out-and-back Echo Canyon Trail.

Most of the Cholla Trail has lesser grades than the Echo Canyon Trail ... the popular Queen Creek bouldering area two hours east of Phoenix. Plus, the wash inhabited by the boulders can be ...