Phoenix: Geronimo Cave
This 6-mile dayhike in the Superstition Mountains is a photographer's delight: rocky spires, hoodoos, a desert cave, and sunset light on Weavers Needle.
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Mapped by Steffan Fay
Trail Facts
- Distance: 4.8
Waypoints
GER001
Location: 33.3976402282715, -111.347900390625
Begin mellow ascent N on Peralta Canyon Trail
GER002
Location: 33.4006881713867, -111.348503112793
Cross Peralta Creek?s streambed; continue N into canyon
GER003
Location: 33.4035186767578, -111.34880065918
Trail recrosses wash, then follows canyon NW
GER004
Location: 33.4066314697266, -111.35270690918
Keep climbing NW through cactus- and mesquitecovered landscape
GER005
Location: 33.4104499816894, -111.355796813965
Path briefly dips SW. Ascend between gentle slopes punctuated with rust-colored cliffs and spires
GER006
Location: 33.4135894775391, -111.361099243164
Trail crosses Peralta Creek (seasonal water source). Next, tackle a series of short switchbacks to saddle
GER007
Location: 33.4156303405762, -111.364898681641
Trail crests Fremont Saddle, revealing mesmerizing views of Weavers Needle, a massive rock column that juts into the sky. Next, turn R, heading NE
GER008
Location: 33.4168586730957, -111.362899780273
Turn R onto Cave Trail, an unmarked path that winds SE across ridge; cairns mark this less-traveled route
GER009
Location: 33.4155006408691, -111.361503601074
Slight descent SE; watch out for prickly pear
GER010
Location: 33.4142112731934, -111.358451843262
Cross saddle
GER011
Location: 33.412971496582, -111.355697631836
Geronimo Cave: Look out to crimson hoodoos from this large cavern; retrace route
