Having now crossed deep into the range we set out to locate an oasis hidden in one of the many canyons that criss-crossed the wilderness. Peering into the quickly darkening desert we thought we understood that the next few days would be tough but I think we were both unprepared for the heat, misery, but more than anything, the thirst we would experience. The first night my friend and I camped on the southern edge of the mountains, where they rise abruptly from the flats. But I wanted more, the central and western part of the range was much less frequented and I became determined that would cross the entire mountain range on foot. Like most who hike in the superstitions I had never ventured far from its outer edge. Because of those words I obstinately avoided them for years.Įventually the legend of the lost dutchman mine, supposedly the richest gold vein ever discovered, lost in the superstition mountains beckoned even me and I mounted several trips hunting for clues as to its existence. When I first moved to Arizona and talked about hiking with people I was told that the superstitions were "the best place to go, really the only place worth going". ![]() Some years later, three of the bodies had been found. While I lived in Arizona there were four disappearances in the mountains. Legends of bandits, murder, strange night-time rituals, and treasure both caution and lure the listener. The rugged ridges of fused volcanic ashes lurk, mysterious and foreboding, just out of sight to the city's east. ![]() Lost Dutchman's Mine - Superstition MountainsĪs long as people have lived in Phoenix they've told stories about the Superstition Mountains.
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