For me, this canyon scene along the Apache Trail in the Tonto National Forest defines the term "rugged country." This area is just southeast of Horse Mesa Dam, the dam forming Apache Lake. There are a couple of dirt roads in the area, but as you can see from the picture, there isn't anyplace to put a road. From the bottom of the canyons to the tops of mountains there is about 1200 feet of elevation change. At the end of the Apache Trail at Roosevelt Dam there is plaque with a quote from Theodore Roosevelt, "The Apache Trail combines the grandeur of the Alps, the glory of the Rockies, the magnificence of the Grand Canyon and then adds an indefinable something that none of the others have. To me, it is the most awe-inspiring and most sublimely beautiful panorama nature has ever created."
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