From our fantastic campsite on Rose creek, we drove up workman road to explore and hike to Aztec peak. The road was steep, narrow and rocky, so we hiked quite a bit of the road. At the trailhead, it was hard to find where the trail was, so we played it safe and hiked the road to the top of Aztec peak. It seemed rather circuitous, but that's what roads do I guess. The views from the top were great, and we bushwacked thru 2 miles of berry patch vines grabbing at us on the trail coming down.
Gaia GPS is a great tool, but we've joked that staff haven't visited Arizona in a long time. The trails are sometimes in the wrong place, and roads are named differently.
After the 8 mile hike, I drove up the 4x4 road to a fantastic camp spot in the trees- that was a little crazy, but the site was really amazing. I had a campfire, which I've been enjoying more than I anticipated.
There were some Arizona inconsistencies- two of three campsites on Workman road have been converted to day use areas, with no obvious signs in the sites. The last campsite was posted "No Camping", but nothing about the camp being closed or converted to day use. The youth camp (closed for the season) has play structures for small kids, and targets for a shooting range. Hanging on the entrance gates a "no shooting" sign (for populated areas)- ??
Exquisit camp and campfire.
