On Aztec Peak, above the falls and near the gentle headwaters of Workman Creek, on forest road 487 of the Tonto National Forest, there is a forest trail named "Abbey's Way", TR151, in honor of the great writer Edward Abbey, who spent 3 summers stationed on the peak of the mountain in a historic fire lookout tower. The trail from here takes you right to the top, and the tower itself. The trail-head parking area is surrounded by a mix of conifer and young Aspen, but across the forest road where the trail starts immediately gives way into a lush conifer forest setting, punctuated by the ground cover of ferns everywhere. Near the end of the season in Autumn, the last of the fern stand, defiantly displaying a golden russet color when illuminated by the sun breaking through pockets of the forest canopy.