Pack goats are great companions on the trail, and can help lessen the pain of carrying a heavy backpack. They are allowed on some parts of the Arizona Trail, but prohibited on other segments due to the possibility of diseases from domestic goats spreading to sensitive bighorn sheep populations. Pack goats are not allowed anywhere bighorn sheep live. Therefore, it’s not possible to do a thru-hike with pack goats.
Pack goats are not allowed on these passages:
- Passage 1 (US/Mexico border to Montezuma Pass)
- Passage 9 (Saguaro National Park)
- Passage 11 (Pusch Ridge Wilderness)
- Passage 16 (north of the Gila River)
- Passage 17 (Alamo Canyon)
- Passage 18 (Reavis Canyon)
- Passage 19 (Superstition Wilderness)
- Passage 20 (Four Peaks)
- Passage 21 (Pine Mountain)
- Passage 22 (Saddle Mountain)
- Passage 23 (Mazatzal Divide)
- Passage 24 (Red Hills)
- Passage 25 (Whiterock Mesa)
- Passage 26 (Highline)
- Passage 37 (Grand Canyon-South Rim)
- Passage 38 (Grand Canyon-Inner Gorge)
- Passage 39 (Grand Canyon-North Rim)
