Inner Basin Trail, August '03

This gallery contains pictures from a hike on the Inner Basin Trail which is located in the San Francisco Peaks, just north of Flagstaff AZ. The trail sign in the first picture lets you know the trail elevation is about 9,400 feet with the surrounding peaks of the basin between 11,000 and 12,500 feet. These pictures are honestly not that good, although the views in person were great. What made this hike important to me was that it was the first hike I had taken with Gilbert Park and Rec, which also meant that it was the first hike I'd done that was not by myself. My family and friends did not like me hiking by myself, especially in areas out of town that I was not familiar with. It can also get a little boring by yourself. So I started looking in the newspaper for organized hikes and found the Gilbert Park and Rec Outdoors Program. The hike was so good that I continued to hike with this program until is closed down in May of 2006. A little side note about this hike...it was sunny all the way up from Phoenix to Flagstaff, but one single cloud right over the San Francisco Peaks and the Inner Basin Trail ended up growing into a monsoon storm with thunder and lightening. But instead of ruining the experience, it made it more unique and exciting!