Desert hiking in California. Doesn’t get much better than that, right? The stillness of the air and the wide expanse of blue ...

Opt outside and enjoy Phoenix's beautiful desert scenery with these great hikes.

Wilderness skills and safety instructor Jon Mincks advises against hiking during the day in the summer due to the severe dangers desert heat can present. Mincks says if you have to go out hiking, make ...

Lay your eyes on a desert canyon, and there's a good chance you will be seduced by the spellbinding way that the bands of sun-kissed rock, often in shades of red and pink and sandy gold, rise all ...

I have a very clear memory from childhood of hiking with my family through a sandy desert wash in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, the sun beating down as we trudged through the thick terrain. It was ...

There’s a reason why some of most powerful observatories on Earth can be found in the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile. The altitude, seclusion from luminescent cities and unique accolade of being the ...

If you’re lucky enough to go hiking in the desert out west, you’ll likely be astonished by how much diversity there is in the terrain. Like most of us, I grew up thinking that the desert was just a ...

There are trails that make you work for views and those that give you the beauty right up front. The Lost Mine Trail in Big Bend National Park is of the latter variety. Just one mile into the 4.8-mile ...

The Thanksgiving feast may be finished, but in Tucson, many residents spent Friday working off holiday indulgences under clear skies and unseasonably warm temperatures.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily) — First responders stay ready to head out to hiking trails for rescues during extreme heat days. It happens all too often here in the Valley. That is why one nonprofit is ...