Black Ridge Loop
![Three cold kids climbing up the dirt road](/photo/black-ridge-loop/cold-climb-size-small.jpg)
On the southern edge of the Mazatzal Wilderness is a little hiking loop made up of access roads, the Arizona Trail, and an old ranching single-track on top of Black Ridge. I've been wanting to take the kids on this loop for a while and, once I felt confident in their endurance, we headed out on a…