Hidden Valley via Mormon trail

This week I hiked the hidden valley via mormon trail with one of my hiking enthusiast friend, Rekha. This was a good change from the last 2 weeks of urban hiking.

This trail is part of the south mountain park. The trail gradually ascends into a flat mesa. Fatman's pass stands as an entrance to the hidden valley. Once in the valley you can immerse yourself in desert wilderness away from city's skyline. The hidden valley has a lot of boulders which provide some cool spots with lots of shade. There was a pleasant aroma of flowers in a small stretch of the hidden valley. We could smell jasmine also :)

We got to speak to an old gentleman who is a regular hiker of this trail - does this trail 4 times a week. I got an interesting perspective from him. He said it would be much difficult for women to hike that often because we tend to do more at home and have more responsibilities. Well being a mom of a toddler boy I will totally agree with that :).