The Crater Range, Arizona
The Crater Range of southern Arizona is a largely ignored area full of rugged
volcanic formations, or as I like to say, a place where everything is either
pointy or prickly. These mountains are located within the Barry M. Goldwater
Air Force Range, but the eastern end of the Crater Range is open to the
public
(with a free permit available online). There isn't much in the way of established
trails in this seldom-visited region but if you stick to low-laying desert
corridors
between the jagged volcanic formations it's fairly easy to roam about on foot.
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