Which hike is the best? Sedona, Arizona - Rating 15 trails.

Rating 15 hikes in Sedona Arizona:

Leave no trace principles

How to treat Native American Ruins

Boynton Canyon / The Bonyton Subway Cave

The Wind Caves / Raven Caves Trail

Hangover Trail

Thunder Mountain / Capitol Butte Summit Hike

AB Young Trail

West Fork

Cathedral Rock

I don't have a video of this one, but there are plenty out there.

Secret Canyon

Robbers Roost

Wilson Mountain

Backpacking trip:

Day hike/white out conditions

Bear Mountain

Day hike

Grizzly Canyon/technical route

Soldier Pass / Seven Sacred Pools / Soldier Pass Cave

Huckaby Trail

Birthing Cave

This is included with the Huckaby Trail video.

Devil's Bridge

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Reminiscence - FableForte

[XmanBread-drnd]

I ❤❤❤ you're "leave no trace." Message. Back when I used to race mountainbike, we had that motto. Even before that. Keep reminding people. Thank you.

[eynott]

I found your videos as I'm starting to research my upcoming trip to Sedona, Marble Canyon and Zion. You have given me a wealth of knowledge, I just had to comment on how useful and helpful these videos are. Your wife is super cool too ! Great job and thank you.

[kirabunker]

Great info thank you :) I love sedona and can't wait to explore more once i move to AZ

[steveburke]

Great video Jerry! I live in Clarkdale and I like to send this to people coming to visit us here to give them a clear idea of which hikes they would want to do. I am Yavapai Country SAR team. I can’t express how important proper prep and lots of water is during the summer months. Please please please bring extra water when you hike ANYWHERE in Sedona in the hotter months. You’re sweating ALOT more than you realize, you are just evaporating it almost instantly. Be safe and enjoy the trails.

[naomi_travels]

Great update. I would add that the Sedona Shuttle has a few different parking lots depending on which trailhead you're trying to get to. The Shuttle and parking lot are both free, which I think is AWESOME. I've taken it to Cathedral Rock and Soldier Pass. No way I would have found a parking spot at either trailhead. It's really neat that Sedona offers that without trying to nickel and dime people.

[VivekHaldar]

Longtime watcher here. What a useful resource! Thanks for all your videos.

[richardb.]

This helps a ton. I've never been to Sedona, and I plan to start vacationing more in Arizona over the next few years. Thank you.

[ShadowbannedWorldChampion]

@4:45 -- for those coming from humid places like me, the heat in Sedona is less intense than it is where you are from. I'm from a place that gets to 95-103+ °f in the summer with very high humidity, and 100°f in Sedona is wayyy more manageable than 100°f where I'm from with the high humidity.

[jamesandreadventures]

We stumbled upon the little parking lot and found the cave. Very cool unexpected find. Hiked down to Oak creek too. Definitely an overlooked trail. The parking does help keep it a little gem!

[russward]

I don't know what's more lovely, the landscape or Tina. You're a lucky man. She's a lucky woman. You make a good team.
As fond as I am of Tina, I'm giving it to the landscape, but it was very close.
Have fun, kids. 🏜️

[pokert]

Awesome video as always Jerry. Thank you for sharing your top 15 hikes in Sedona. I always wonder, now i know. I will definitely do secret mountain because i had not done it before. Don’t worry, me and my wife are experienced hikers and im good at navigating trails. Most importantly, i do my homework throughly.

[danielkwood]

Great video! For Soldiers Pass, if you can’t park there, there are many other trailheads you can park at that will connect to this trail. If you’re up for a long hike, I did Thunder Mountain Trailhead to Chimney Rock through to Soldiers Pass and Brins Mesa trail as a loop. It was 13 miles but you can do different shorter or longer variations. You could also just do Soldiers Pass and Brins Mesa as a shorter loop from the Soldiers Pass trailhead. Head out early and you can easily avoid crowds.

[dnasbirdingadventures]

Wow, it's changed a lot since I explored there in the 80s & attended NAU. Way busier!. It's still stunning, though. Thanks for sharing. New subscriber here.

[Mookie]

Great list! Also so glad to see my favorite Sedona trails were not listed! Shhhh

[ChrisRamias]

If you want to backpack into secret canyon and don't have a 4x4, an option is to hike in over sterling pass and past vultee arch. This addsbsome additional variety to the hike, and optionally you can also loop up bear sign canyon and over the david miller trail, then come back out the secret canyon trail before retracing your steps.

Secret canyon was actually the first backpacking trip I ever did back in the late 90s. Back then you could get to the trailhead in a camry, the forest service has seemingly made a deliberate decision to let the road deteriorate to cut down on potential traffic

[SteffenThomsen]

I did Bear Mountain last year, inspired by one of your older videos. I also watched a lot of your other Sedona-videos for inspiration last year and this year. LNT!

[c-historia]

this is a masterpiece! I think Arizona and Colorado would be the first regions of the USA I would visit

[kcreeves]

One thing you didn't mention on West Fork is the parking. It is pretty much impossible to get in there anymore, unless you are real early in the morning. We pretty much gave up on it quite a while ago.

[sspiff]

Having just visited Sedona, can confirm, July hiking means starting before 6am and finishing before noon. Dodge the heat and the crowds!

[patdewald]

Good trail reviews, teaser 'trailer" clips and reference info.