THOMAS POINT TRAIL #142
THOMAS POINT TRAIL #142 Oak Creek Canyon viewed from Thomas Point Trail West Fork, West Fork, West Fork! Like a beleaguered middle sister who covets the attention lavished upon her prettier sibling, Thomas Point Trail suffers in uncelebrated fabulousness. Both routes share Sedona's Call of the Canyon trailhead, so why is one so precious and the other not so much? It�s probably because Sedona�s dramatic West Fork Trail, is the glitter-dusted flying unicorn whereas Thomas Point Trail is more like a pack horse hauling an apple cart. But if you appreciate the kind of trek that holds its treasures in remote, thorny places-- this is your trail. The lower part of the trail runs through pine-oak woodlands Back in the days before the completion of State Route 89A and Interstate 17, the journey between Flagstaff and Sedona was made on ridiculously steep and precarious routes like Thomas Point Trail. The aggressively vertical path is one of four that climb to the top of...