The Arizona National Scenic Trail, stretches 800 miles across Arizona, from the Arizona/Mexico border to the Arizona/Utah state line.
More information on the Arizona Trail can be found at the Arizona Trail Association (ATA) web site.
In early November, 2014, after a backpacking trip to Thunder River and Deer Creek in the Grand Canyon, my wife and daughter brought up the Arizona Trail. I don't remember what all the conversation entailed, but it caught my attention. Within a few days, I decided I wanted to backpack it from end to end. The weekend before Thanksgiving, I went on my first trip and eleven months later I reached the end of the trail. Originally, I hoped to hike the trail in sequence from Mexico to Utah but ended up starting in Patagonia instead, and then jumped over the Rincons and Santa Catalinas to avoid the winter's cold at higher elevations.
More information on the Arizona Trail can be found at the Arizona Trail Association (ATA) web site.
In early November, 2014, after a backpacking trip to Thunder River and Deer Creek in the Grand Canyon, my wife and daughter brought up the Arizona Trail. I don't remember what all the conversation entailed, but it caught my attention. Within a few days, I decided I wanted to backpack it from end to end. The weekend before Thanksgiving, I went on my first trip and eleven months later I reached the end of the trail. Originally, I hoped to hike the trail in sequence from Mexico to Utah but ended up starting in Patagonia instead, and then jumped over the Rincons and Santa Catalinas to avoid the winter's cold at higher elevations.
- Trip 1: Patagonia to Gabe Zimmerman
- Trip 2: Tiger Mine to the Gila River
- Trip 3: Gila River to Picket Post
- Trip 4: Picket Post to Roosevelt Lake
- Trip 5: Roosevelt Lake to Sunflower
- Trip 6: Gabe Zimmerman to Tiger Mine
- Trip 7: Sunflower to Pine
- Trip 8: Pine to Elden Pueblo
- Trip 9: Elden Pueblo to South Rim
- Trip 10: Mexico to Patagonia
- Trip 11: South Rim to Stateline
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