FR522 Freidlein Prairie

This popular trail provides the closest motorized access to the Kachina Peaks Wilderness and Kachina Trailhead, and fourteen *free* high-elevation designated campsites! Although views of the peaks are limited, the forest is beautiful. Mexican Spotted Owls, a protected species, live in the area so it receives special attention from the Forest Service. For those visiting the Snowbowl ski resort on the west side of the peaks for the ski lift or restaurant, the access to this road is located conveniently halfway up Snowbowl Road. The parking lot at the end of the road brings you within hundreds of yards of the Wilderness boundary and the Kachina Trail, making this one of the three best alpine wilderness hiking trailhead accesses in Flagstaff along with the much busier Humphreys Trail (at Snowbowl) and Inner Basin Trail (off Lockett Meadow).