Searching 4 Flow on the Arizona Trail Race

Mountain Flyer Magazine by Eszter Horanyi People race for different reasons. Some like to suffer. Some like the camaraderie. Some like to geek out on gear. I race in search of flow, for that Zen-like state in which time ceases to have meaning and I am completely immersed in the present moment. Few races this year have created such a […]

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Taking on the Arizona Trail 300

Outside Magazine by Aaron Gulley In April, I rode 300 miles in a through-push on the Arizona Trail in an annual bikepacking race that bills itself as “No entry fee, no prizes, absolutely no support.” Friends and family asked me why I did it—why I do any of these endurance races. Everyone acts like there’s some quick, straightforward answer. For […]

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Desert getaway: the Arizona Trail

Sunset by Dina Mishev An epic backpacking trip is one way to see the Arizona Trail. But a chill hiking weekend in the throwback town of Superior will do just fine, where you’ll find frontier ruggedness mixed with a Mayberry-in-the-desert vibe. The Arizona Trail, the Southwest’s answer to the Appalachian Trail, stretches from the state’s Mexican border to Utah. While […]

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Trailblazers

The Marana News by Matthew Nelson From saguaro-filled deserts near Tucson to the breathtaking San Francisco Peaks looming above Flagstaff, the natural wonders of Arizona provide unlimited opportunities for outdoor adventurers and nature lovers alike. Hikers, backpackers, trail runners, mountain bikers and equestrians agree that when it comes to exciting trails through inspiring landscapes, there is no place like the […]

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Morning hikers honor January 8 shooting victims

Tucson Sentinel by B. Poole Hikers gathered in small groups across Southern Arizona on Saturday to hit the trails in tribute to the 24 people shot at a Tucson grocery store two years ago. “Anything that creates a greater sense of community, I want to support,” said Dan Moyer, 61, a retired Flowing Wells School District counselor who hiked the […]

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Search and Rescue Assist Hikers

The Sierra Vista Herald Huachuca Mountains Sierra Vista — Cochise County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue volunteers were hiking up to the Arizona Trail in the Huachuca Mountains Monday morning and afternoon in order to assist two hikers who were unable to leave their camp site following Monday morning’s snowfall. Sheriff’s Spokeswoman Carol Capas said the two men had set […]

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Oracle Ridge Trail: Trudges Through History

The Desert Leaf by Bill Norman Hikers on Oracle Ridge Trail No.1 are stepping back through Arizona frontier history 130 years old. Unlike the smoothly paved expanse of Catalina Highway that today offers easy access to Mt. Lemmon from the south, only very rough trails—at best—were available in the early 1880s for hardy travelers wanting to crest out atop the […]

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THAT Brewery and Pub Grand Opening

Pine Strawberry AZ News by Shara THAT Brewery & Pub, formerly known as Rimside Grill, will open their remodeled establishment on May 25 at 11 AM. On June 1, the Rimside name will officially change over to THAT Brewery & Pub. Tamara and Steve Morken are thrilled about their new venture and look forward to welcoming both loyal and new […]

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Arizona Trail Could Boost Rim Tourism

Payson Roundup by Michele Nelson The Forest Service wants to encourage Payson residents to embrace their status as a gateway community to the 800-mile Arizona Trail which runs through Rim Country’s back yard. Completed in February on the state’s centennial birthday, the National Scenic Trail winds through 80 miles of the Payson Ranger District. [To read the rest of the […]

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The Arizona Trail Race: Work To Be Done

Outside Online by The Cycle Life Tomorrow, I set out to settle a two-year-old score. At 9 am on Friday, I begin my third attempt at the AZT300, a self-supported endurance mountain biking race in southern Arizona. The small-scale, unsanctioned event crawls through rugged, rocky, cactus-spiked Sonoran desert, often in blistering heat, though in some years there’s also been snow. […]

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The Newest National Scenic Trail Has Some Of The Best Mountain Biking In The U.S.

Men’s Journal by Daniel Duane Arizona, with its red-rock canyons and mountains jutting out of the desert, has been a mountain biker’s paradise since there’s been mountain biking. But the completion of the Arizona National Scenic Trail — which runs 817 miles from the Utah border south to Mexico — turns the state into a world-class off-road cycling destination. [To […]

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Celebrate The Completion Of The State-long Arizona National Scenic Trail With These Highlight Hikes

Phoenix Magazine by Mare Czinar Finally, outdoor lovers have a boots-on-the-ground way to experience our state’s mesmerizing diversity, border-to-border. Just in time for Arizona’s Centennial, the state-traversing Arizona Trail has debuted on the national scene, joining the Appalachian and Pacific Crest Trails as one of America’s premier treks. It’s also one of the few that welcomes mountain-biking and horseback riding, […]

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The Cycle Life: AZT300 Gets a New King…Umm, Queen

Outside Magazine by The Cycle Life On Monday, April 11, after three days, four hours, and five minutes of riding, Lynda Wallenfels won the Arizona Trail 300, a self-supported mountain bike through-race that roughly follows the Arizona Trail from Parker Lake Canyon, Arizona, near the Mexico border, to Superior, just southeast of Phoenix. In addition to scoring the overall win, […]

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Time for a bit of Arizona Trail?

Arizona Daily Sun by Larry Hendricks Last year, I hiked a bit of the Arizona Trail from the Walnut Meadows loop off Walnut Canyon Road to Fisher Point. Now that the snow has melted, I’m thinking about rehashing the hike for some training. Photographer Josh Biggs and I are slated to go to the South Rim and hike down South […]

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Arizona Trail

Arizona Trail: Of All The Routes Along The Arizona Trail, Segment No. 34 In The San Francisco Peaks Is The Best Bet For Summer by Robert Stieve “Few are altogether deaf to the preaching of pine trees. Their sermons on the mountains go to our hearts; and if people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, […]

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Desert Getaway: the Arizona Trail

Sunset Magazine by Dina Mishev It’s not just that the heaping plate of tacos I’m eating costs less than $4. Or that a local walked up to our table and offered his services as a hiking guide, free, simply for fun. It’s the honest-to-God niceness of everyone in the postage-stamp town of Superior, gateway to the Arizona Trail, which stretches […]

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The Best of Arizona: Do the state’s namesake trail – one hike at a time

Sunset Magazine by Lawrence W. Cheek To know Arizona, you need to experience the Arizona Trail, a 720-mile scribble that bisects the state from Utah to Mexico. It meanders through ponderosa and aspen forests, plunges into the Grand Canyon and lesser-known chasms, lurches over mountains, and droops across the arroyo-crinkled Sonoran Desert. Ten percent of the trail remains to be […]

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