Hiking The Peralta Trail to Fremont Saddle in Phoenix, Arizona
- At February 22, 2017
- By Iala Jaggs
- In hikes
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Have time for some hiking in Arizona? If you’re not yet sure where to hike, try driving up to Peralta trailhead. It is close to Mesa, Arizona.
Peralta Trail #102 to Fremont Saddle, Phoenix
It was a beautiful day climbing up and along a creek. Here’s the vista on one side… See more at BestHike.com
Hiking up to Peralta Canyon Trail in the Superstition Wilderness can be the longest 2-mile trail that you will ever trek. The hike is a non-stop uphill slog through the slickrock chutes and desert scrub that begins right after leaving the trailhead and doesn’t stop until the trail summits at the 2-mile point on Fremont Saddle.
Arizona hike: Peralta Trail, Superstition Wilderness
Here, up-close views of Weavers Needle — the area’s most recognizable pillar of rock — deliver a generous return on investment for the sweaty haul. The saddle is a popular place to take a break and decide whether to continue hiking downhill another 2.6 miles to the end of the… Read more at AzCentral.com