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Thanks to our friends at the Jim Click Automotive

Thanks to our friends at the Jim Click Automotive Team, we’re excited to announce this year’s raffle for a new 2026 Nissan Frontier Pro-4X Roush Edition, airfare to anywhere in the world, and $5,000 cash.

Tickets are available for $25 each or 5 for $100, and 100% of the proceeds sold through aztrail.org benefit the Arizona Trail Association!

Grand Prize: 2026 Nissan Frontier Pro-4X Roush Edition
2nd Prize: Two round-trip, first-class airline tickets to anywhere in the world
3rd Prize: $5,000 cash

Raffle tickets will be mailed to you as your purchase is received. The drawing will be held on December 10. You do not need to be present to win. Good luck!

The #ArizonaTrailAssociation’s Thursday volunteers

The #ArizonaTrailAssociation’s Thursday volunteers recently pitched in to help the @tontonationalforest with yet another amazing improvement to the #HighlineTrail. Volunteers constructed a stone and steel portal at the 260 Trailhead, which is the eastern terminus of the Highline. This scenic location beneath the Mogollon Rim serves as the starting point for the #MogollonMonster ultra and the Highline Hold’em mountain bike event.

The Highline Trail is a National Recreation Trail and includes 63 miles of recently refurbished and now uninterrupted singletrack north of the town of Payson. The Highline includes 20 miles of the #AZT between the Pine and Washington Park Trailheads.

Want to get involved? Check out our volunteer offerings at www.aztrail.org, and join us on the trail sometime. After recent monsoon events, we could really use your help. If you don’t have time, consider making a donation to help cover the cost of some tools or lunches for volunteers.

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Intense summer monsoon storms have been drenching

Intense summer monsoon storms have been drenching Arizona over the past week. Autumn is shaping up to be an adventurous season for thru-hiking and biking the Arizona National Scenic Trail! However, recent flash floods inside Grand Canyon National Park have resulted in at least two deaths, 14 missing hikers, and over 60 people rescued from the inner canyon. The flood has severely impacted foot bridges, trails, the trans-canyon waterline, and critical infrastructure near Bright Angel Campground and Phantom Ranch.

As of August 31, 15 miles of the AZT within Grand Canyon are closed due to flooding. Rerouting around the canyon is nearly impossible.

The only way around the closed area is to take a shuttle from the North Rim to the South Kaibab Trailhead. TransCanyon Shuttle has suspended operations, but other shuttle services in northern Arizona may be available. Those are are listed at https://aztrail.org/explore/shuttles/

Passage 38 (Grand Canyon Inner Gorge) is CLOSED from the Black Bridge over the Colorado River to the North Kaibab Trailhead. Both the Silver and Black Bridges are closed, as well as Bright Angel Campground and Phantom Ranch. Water is being rationed on the South Rim, and all lodging reservations within the Park have been canceled.

Consider starting at the northern terminus and heading south for 80 miles to the North Kaibab Trailhead. From there, shuttle around the canyon to South Kaibab, hike into the canyon and back out, then continue your 700-mile journey south toward Mexico.

Want to avoid the shuttle? Start at South Kaibab instead. You’ll miss the northernmost 80 miles (Passages 40–43), but can save them for another adventure when trails reopen.

At the southern end, the final mile of the AZT remains closed due to border wall construction. We recommend the Coronado Peak Trail for incredible views of the San Rafael Valley and Sonora, Mexico. Please respect all closures and do not enter closed areas.

🚵 Mountain bikers can also explore Segment 7 of the Western Wildlands Route, developed by our friends at @bikepackingroots, to create an alternative route around the canyon.

👉 Please check current @grandcanyonnps closures on their website

Arizona Trail CLOSED in Grand Canyon Due to signi

Arizona Trail CLOSED in Grand Canyon

Due to significant flash flood damage that occurred on And gust 29, the North Kaibab Trail is closed with Grand Canyon National Park (AZT Passage 38).

We will provide updates as we learn more about the extent of the damage and when it may be open again. For now, the Arizona Trail is not a continuous path and no reasonable reroutes exist. @grandcanyonnps #arizonatrail

🦋 Metamorphosis Complete ⚒️ The Butterfly Trail

🦋 Metamorphosis Complete ⚒️

The Butterfly Trail on the Coronado National Forest is a daunting path, no matter what the trail conditions, but it had been badly damaged by the Aspen Fire in 2003 and the Bighorn Fire of 2020, as well as years of neglect. Five years ago, the Arizona Trail Association decided to make a concerted effort to improve this part of the AZT Pusch Ridge Wilderness Bypass and transform these six miles of remote singletrack to a condition where bikes and horses could indeed use the trail as intended. *The #AZT’s Passage 11 is off-limits to bicycles and too dangerous for horses, so we developed a wilderness bypass in collaboration with the Santa Catalina Ranger District.

Thanks to hundreds of volunteers who contributed over 1,750 hours of brushing, tread repair, drainage improvements, sawyering, and rock work, the trail is in much better condition than it was when we started. We also want to acknowledge the leadership of Tasha Pontifex, ATA Field Coordinator, whose vision for a better Butterfly Trail motivated these efforts. Although the route of the wilderness bypass will change in the future, Butterfly will always hold a special place in our hearts as a challenging trail with amazing views.

Our gratitude goes out to everyone who helped with the Butterfly Metamorphosis over the years. If you’d like to help maintain this trail in the future, volunteer with us (🔗 in bio), @torcamtb, and other organizations providing volunteer opportunities on the Coronado National Forest.

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Calling all #trailrunners! 📢 Race fees go up on Se

Calling all #trailrunners! 📢
Race fees go up on September 18 for the Colossal Vail 5050!
More info & register 👉 @ link in bio!

The Colossal Vail 50/50 is an adventurous ultra run on portions of the #ArizonaTrail near the community of Vail (24 miles southeast of Tucson). Starting and finishing at #ColossalCaveMountainPark, both the #55K and 50-mile courses feature some of the greatest high desert trail running opportunities in this part of the state. There’s also a spicy #halfmarathon distance in the morning, and a nighttime half-marathon — runners can do both for a full trail #marathon (with a nice long break in the middle of the day).

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