Current Trail Work
Heart of the Gila is currently recruiting for these 2021 Trail Projects
Major Trail Improvements 2020 –
- Clayton Mesa Trail # 175 from Middle Fork Trail # 157 to junction with Cooper Trail # 141
- Middle Fork Trail # 157 and Snow Lake Trail # 142 from Snow Lake to Clayton Mesa Trail # 175
- Middle Fork Trail # 157 – from the Meadows to 3 miles upstream (The Falls is not passable for horses)
- Granite Peak Trail # 150 (great for hiking but narrow for horses)
- Little Creek Trail # 161
- Turkey Creek Trail # 155 – Manzanita Canyon to 1 mile past McKenna Springs (some sections in upper turkey creek are narrow for horses)
- Miller Springs Trail # 159
- Granny Mountain Trail # 160 from Woody’s Corral to 1 mile past Granny Mountain
- Ring Canyon Trail # 162 – from junction with trail #160 to 1 mile before junction with trail #789
- Lilley Park Trail # 164 – 2 miles after junction with Little Bear Trail # 729
- Gila Flats Trail # 97
- Sycamore Trail #234 from Tad Pole Ridge 2 miles
Major Trail Improvements 2019
- Black Range Crest Trail #79 from Emory Pass to Sawyer Peak saddle.
- Granny Mountain Trail #160 from the Gila River to .5 mile below Granny Mtn
- Trails in McKenna Park area:
- Mogollon Trail from junction with the Langstroth Trail #302 to junction with Horse Springs Trail # 153 at Dry Lakes
- Turkey Creek Trail from McKenna Springs to junction with # 153
- Ring Canyon Trail from # 789 to Junction with Turkey Creek Trail # 155
- Horse Springs Trail # 187 from junction with Ring Canyon Trail # 162 to junction with Mogollon Trail # 153 at Dry Lakes
- Cooper Trail # 141
- West Fork Trail # 151 from Willow Creek to Cooper Canyon
- Granite Peak Trail # 150 (great for hiking but narrow for horses)
- Diablo Pass – Trail # 155 from junction with Granite Peak Trail to McKenna Spring
- Little Creek Trail #161 from #789 junction to junction with # 155 at Little Springs
- Middle Fork Trail (#157) from Little Bear Canyon to 1 mile below the Meadows
- Multiple signs made and installed at trail junctions throughout the Gila Wilderness
Trail Improvements 2018
- West Fork Trail (#151) from trailhead at Gila Cliff Dwellings to junction with Hells Hole Trail (#268)
- Granny Mountain Trail # 160 from Woody’s Corral 3.5 miles
- Ring Canyon Trail – 1 mile
- Middle Fork Trail # 157 – near the Meadows
- Little Bear Trail #729
- CDT Trail north of near Fisherman’s Canyon