Arizona Hiking Gallery
See Canyon Trail Hike
Tonto National Forest, AZ
August 8, 2004
Gallery contains 45 photos
Gallery last updated: 8/29/2004
The beginning of the See Canyon Trail meanders through the ferns and grasses of the forest floor.
Fern and grass covered Ponerosa forest floor.
For a summer hike this sure beats cactus and sand.
Wild Geranium (Geranium caespitosum)
Western Dayflower (Commelina dianthifolia)) blooming amid the ferns.
The bright blue of the Western Dayflower stands out against the green ferns and grasses.
Dead Ponderosa Pine lit up by the mid-morning sun.
Following the grass-lined trail through the forest.
Yarrow (Achille millefolium)
Golden-beard Penstemon (Penstemon barbatus) provides a brillant splash of red. A solitary Wild Geranium can be seen in the background.
Play of light and shadows on the rough bark of an Alligator Juniper.
Contrasting colors of the light green leaves and smooth red bark of the the Pointleaf Manzanita.
Closeup of the Pointleaf Manzanita bark.
Knoll framed between two ponderosas.
At the intersection of the See Canyon Trail and the See Spring Trail. I headed up the See Canyon Trail to the Rim Road on top of the Mogollon Rim. I took the 1/2 mile spur trail to See Spring on the way back.
Bee polinating a Wild Geranium.
Underside of Golden-beard Penstemon.
Moss blankets the rocks where See Spring crosses the See Canyon Trail.
Moss covered rocks in the creek.
Sunlight filtering through the forest lighting up an oak tree.
Canada Violet (Viola canadensis).
Forest filtered sun light splashes on field of ferns.
A large colony of catapillers have spun a home in the oaks.
A closer look at catapiller nest.
Oaks glowing in sun light.
Mexican Silene (Silene laciniata).
Closeup of Mexican Silene.
Douglas Fir cones litter the trail.
Up on the Rim at the Rim Road marks my turnaround point.
Yellow Columbine (Aquilegia chrysantha) growing alongside See Spring.
Yellow Columbine growing alongside See Spring.
Yellow Columbine growing alongside See Spring.
Yellow Columbine growing alongside See Spring.
The very colorful California Sister butterfly (Adelpha bredowii).
California Sister butterfly.
Red Cinquefoil (Potentilla thurberi).
Large bright red Fly Agaric mushrooms (Amanita muscaria).
Large bright red Fly Agaric mushrooms (Amanita muscaria).
All images Copyright ©2004 Terry Wright. All rights reserved.
