Crested Butte News Than Acuff Team Griggs Orthopedics rider Neil Beltchenko is back at it. This time, he decided to take on the Arizona Trail Race (ATR), a self-supported bike race, a.k.a. bike packing, crossing the state of Arizona from south to north. Beltchenko covered the 750 mile–long course in a time of six days, 12 hours and 28 minutes […]
Read moreArizona Daily Star Emery Cowan The Arizona Trail, completed in 2011, winds 800 miles from the state’s northern line to the Arizona-Mexico border. While parts near Flagstaff are generally well signed and easy to follow, many of the trail’s more remote stretches are so overgrown by vegetation that the path nearly disappears. [To read the rest of this article, click […]
Read moreSierra Vista Herald Dana Cole It’s April 2, and a lone horse and rider stand at the Arizona Trail where it starts in Cochise County at the border with Mexico. The rider pauses to gaze at a sign marking the trail’s southernmost point before snapping a quick photo. She then turns the horse and the two tackle a steep, rocky […]
Read moreThe Guardian Chris Townsend The desert terrain of the US south-west is a tough but rewarding place for walkers. One glorious trail runs some 810 miles, through the heart of Arizona from Mexico to Utah. En route, the Arizona Trail passes through deserts, canyons, forests and mountains. [To read the rest of this article, click here.]
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