Dale Shewalter, "Father Of
The Arizona Trail", Dies

Dale Shewalter, whose dream of a border-to-border wilderness trail through Arizona became the Arizona Trail, passed away in Flagstaff on January 10, 2010 after a courageous battle with cancer.
For more about Dale and his work with the ATA, go to our memorial page.
Please send any thoughts or cards for the Shewalter Family to the Arizona Trail Association using the email or mailing address at the bottom of this page. They will be forwarded to the Shewalter family.
For those who wish to make a donation to the Arizona Trail Association in Dale’s memory, please go to our memorial donation page.

Arizona Trail Stewards Wanted Statewide

Enjoy being in the Arizona outdoors? Self-starting and motivated individuals, groups, or clubs are needed to adopt and maintain sections of the 817 mile Arizona National Scenic Trail from Mexico to Utah. There is much trail work to be done with tremendous personal satisfaction and pride as the reward. Work consists of a range of duties and difficulty from clearing vegetation on and near the trail to rebuilding eroded sections. No experience is needed as on-the-trail and in class training will be provided. And for technical and difficult sections, experienced assistance will be provided. The length of an adopted section can be individually tailored. And a few sections will require hiking or backpacking several miles to trail work areas.
If interested, contact any of the following for information about applying:
Southern Arizona - Bernie
Central Arizona - John
Northern Arizona - Gary
or call the ATA office at 602-252-4794.

The Arizona Trail

The Arizona Trail is a continuous, 800+ mile diverse and scenic trail across Arizona from Mexico to Utah. It links deserts, mountains, canyons, communities and people. Currently 95% of the trail is complete.

The Arizona Trail Association's mission is to build, maintain, promote, protect and sustain the Arizona Trail as a unique encounter with the land.