one way) or you don’t want to bother cooking after you climb then you can purchase meals from the StoneMan Cafe Menu for just $50 a day.
If you don’t want to drive to town each day to buy food (15min. This includes a comfortable tent, soft sleeping pad, and a clean sleeping bag with a freshly laundered sleeping bag liner. You can rent all the camping gear needed to camp for just $30 a day. If you don’t have camping gear, we can help with that. You can make your own history here in Cochise Stronghold, camping under the stars on the private 16 acre, StoneMan off grid ranch with stunning views of the rocks that have remained standing and witnessed it all. Hike through the same foothills as Wyatt Earp, Doc Holiday, and many other famous gunslingers of the wild west. Scramble and climb through the same rocky terrain that the warrior Cochise and his braves did, to evade the calvary.
The rocks are as rich with beauty as they are in history. tall multi-pitch routes on granite giants. Located about 90 miles from Tucson, Arizona, west of Sunsites, in the Dragoon Mountains, within the Coronado National Forest, at an elevation of 5,000 feet, this rugged natural fortress served as the winter home and base of operations for Cochise and about 1,000 of his Chiricahua Apache followers for 15 years.
The climbing here is world class, from thuggish bouldering to 800ft. In the harsh times of Apache Wars the granitic domes in Dragoon Mountains range were used as a refuge by Chiricahua Apache tribe led by their brave chief Coc. The StoneMan Stronghold climbing experience is one that you are certain to never forget. This will make it more affordable and more enjoyable. For that reason, we offer the 2 and 3 day “StoneMan in the Stronghold” packages. Geronimo and his followers were held at Fort Bowie for a while until their eventual banishment to Florida.It is difficult to soak in all the majesty of the Stronghold in a single day. Army and the Apaches for years to come, culminating in the capture of Geronimo in 1886. This set the stage for the future conflicts between the U.S. Cochise escaped and some of his family members were killed. Cochise denied making the raid and even offered to help find the hostages, but Bascom decided to hold Cochise and some relatives captive instead. George Bascom and a detachment of 54 men went to Apache Pass to confront Cochise and demand the return of the captives. The Army intervened and mistakenly blamed Cochise and the Chiricahuas for the raid and demanded that Cochise return the captives. To help you become better acquainted with this unusual environment, the Stronghold Nature Trail follows a 0.4-mile barrier-free loop that wanders among the yucca, cactus, and rocks. While relations between the white settlers and Chiricahua Apaches were originally quite good, that changed in 1861 when another band of Apaches raided the ranch of John Ward and made off with captives. Campsites at Cochise Stronghold are shaded by oaks and surrounded by a diverse community of vegetation that includes plants of both the Upper Sonoran and Chihuahuan Desert. The original temporary fort was small and was replaced in 1868 by a larger more permanent fort on a plateau 300 yards to the south. Army and the Chiricahua Apaches and was situated to protect the important source of water at Apache Pass.
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Fort Bowie was originally established in 1862 as a result of a series of engagements between the U.S.
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