Climbing Cinder Cone is a steep, slow slog but worth every step. Waiting at the top of the 6,907-foot volcano are a sense of accomplishment and amazing views. A trail circles the rim, providing ...

Red Mountain Trail What: An easy, 3-mile round-trip hike into a volcanic cinder cone formed about 740,000 years ago. Where: On U.S. 180 about 30 miles north of Flagstaff at mile marker 247.

It's perhaps the most recognizable of the 600 or so cinder cones around Flagstaff. Don’t miss: The easy, 1-mile Lava Flow Trail winds through the jagged landscape of the Bonita Lava Flow.

Up in the little-explored Lassen Volcanic National Park, our parks editor found a perfectly symmetrical, ash-covered cinder cone volcano reminiscent of Mordor. “You can hike up the side to the ...

Oh Kona, I’m gonna miss you. Last week in Phoenix, my beloved Kona Cinder Cone mountain bike was stolen while I was visiting a shopping mall, the cable lock cut. The bike and I go back two ...