By Jim Walsh | Ahwatukee Foothills News
The “spider trails” in Beverly Canyon probably started innocently enough, with someone taking a short cut.
Those steps were followed by hundreds of others until the desert was scarred and a confusing maze of trails was left behind.
After a year’s worth of community meetings and planning, intrepid work crews will brave the searing Arizona summer heat this week and start closing, repairing and re-vegetating the spider trails that branch off from the Beverly Canyon Trail, which connects with other trails deeper inside the park.