DINOSAUR WASH
DINOSAUR WASH A slot canyon in Dinosaur Wash If you stay alert on this hike, it�s easy to spot the Stegosaurus. But you�ll have to navigate a convoluted trail system to get to it; and that�s not so easy. The Stegosaurus -shaped rock outcropping looms above Dinosaur Wash with its head twisted back over a scaled spine frozen in a posture that looks like the losing side of a Jurassic joust. This signature basaltic formation is the only �dinosaur� you�ll see while trudging through the eponymous wash that�s a part of the Sophie�s Flat Trail system north of Wickenburg. What you will see though, is a mix of spectacular desert vistas, hardscrabble gullies, volcanic peaks and a matrix of sandy washes. Dinosaur Wash Although it�s just a few miles north of town, the trail system has a pure wild west, middle-of-nowhere feel. The looped trails are blandly named A,B,C,D and E, but they�re anything but boring. The core A Trail begins at the Sophie�s Flat trailh...