AZ Trail News

Azdailysun.com Rob Jones Soaring turkey vultures and red-tailed hawks zoom past at eye level as we sit on smooth Kaibab limestone steps and eat lunch overlooking the broad triangle where Walnut Canyon constricts into a narrow notch. Below, we can see the transition from limestone to Coconino sandstone in the canyon walls, which forms more interesting cliffs. [To read the […]

SaddleBrooke Progress Elisabeth Wheeler The SaddleBrooke Hiking Club has completed three trail work events so far in 2015 on the Oracle Passage of the Arizona National Scenic Trail. Work efforts were focused on two miles of trail going north from the American Flag Ranch to Webb Road northeast of Oracle. This section required some extensive brushing and rebuilding of trail […]

Payson Roundup Alexis Bechman After a year of work, the Pine Strawberry Fuel Reduction Trail Crew recently unveiled its newest section of trail at the Pine Trails Day. The trail earned shouts of “sweet, awesome, knarly” and a few “oh craps” as riders grunted and bounced along the trail. [To read the rest of this article, click here.]

The Bulletin Mark Morical Most would consider hiking across the Grand Canyon a challenging enough endeavor without adding 50 pounds of gear, including a bicycle, to your back. But Bend’s Alice Drobna is unlike most. [To read the rest of this article, click here.]

Payson Roundup Max Foster Hiking the 800-mile Arizona Trail can be a lonely journey. Just ask any of the four hikers who stopped in Pine on Monday to replenish their backpacks with food and supplies from the Ponderosa Market. “We are about halfway through and we’ve seen only about 10 people on the trail,” said hiker Emily Roberge of Tempe. […]

Barrow Magazine When avid outdoorsman Chip Tolleson leraned his longtime friend Pete Kuehner was diagnosed with brain cancer, he naturally wanted to help. The question was, how? The answer came by way of the Arizona Trail. [To read the rest of this article, click here.]

SonoranNews.com Four women, including a mother-daughter team, hike an 800-plus-mile Arizona Trail to help wild birds rescued by Wild At Heart in Cave Creek. The goal is to not only complete the multi-terrain hike, but also to raise awareness of Arizona’s birds of prey and funds for injured owls and other raptors at Wild At Heart. Located in Cave Creek, […]

Sierra Vista Herald Chris Braswell Some communities do not have the benefit of a locally owned and operated title company, but not us. Luckily, for the past 30 years, strangers from out-of-town have not been the only option for land title services in Cochise County, and the opportunity has spread throughout the state. [To read the rest of this article, […]

Mens Journal The Arizona Trail crosses the state from south to north, beginning at the Mexican border and ending a stone’s throw from Utah. Known for showcasing a variety of ecosystems — mountains, canyons, flatlands, and deserts — the trail includes wilderness areas, historic sites (such as the cliff dwellings at Tonto and Walnut Canyon National Monument), and the Grand […]

YourWestValley.com For its 30th anniversary, Pioneer Title Agency, an Arizona-based, family owned business, has partnered with the Arizona Trail Association – also celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Arizona Trail – on “Take a Hike,” a fundraising and employee wellness challenge utilizing the Arizona National Scenic Trail. [To read the rest of this article, click here.]

azdailysun.com For its 30th anniversary, rather than hosting a party, Pioneer Title Agency has partnered with the Arizona Trail Association on “Take a Hike,” a first-ever fundraising and employee wellness challenge utilizing the Arizona National Scenic Trail. [To read the rest of this article, click here.]

The Fence Post Matthew J. Nelson If you haven’t already fallen in love with the Arizona Trail, then make 2015 the year you explore the National Scenic Trail that spans the entire length of our state. Over thirty years in the making, it was completed in December of 2011 and features some of the most incredible mountains, deserts, forests, canyons […]

24 Hours In The Old Pueblo Newspaper Copper. It’s a key element in every smartphone, hybrid car and solar power system in production, making it an essential piece of modern society. Quite simply, if we as a country want to progress beyond the era of consuming fossil fuels for energy, copper mining is a necessity. And one of the greatest […]

The Trail Show The Trail Show is broadcast live from the historic Beer District of Boulder, CO. The hosts are: Disco, POD, Mags and D-Low. In this episode they talk briefly about the Arizona Trail. [To listen to this podcast, click here.]

azdailysun.com Todd Glasenapp The City of Page is being asked to promote the Arizona Trail as a gateway community, even though the 817-mile-long favorite of hikers does not pass through Page. The 30-year-old trail, the brainchild of a late Flagstaff teacher, brushes near the western boundary of Vermilion Cliffs National Monument west of Page. The trailhead is located about 75 […]

GetVailAZ Kimberly Crossland Have you noticed the sign on Colossal Cave Road, just north of I-10 that proudly states Vail is an Arizona Trail Gateway Community? Have you ever wondered what that meant or why it mattered? Turns out, it’s a pretty darn big deal. [To read the rest of this article, click here.]

CopperArea.com A “virtual tour” of the 800-mile National Scenic Arizona Trail will be presented in the comfort of the Oracle State Park ranch house living room on Saturday, January 31, by Sirena Dufault, who has personally hiked the continuous Mexico-to-Utah distance. The slide-photo presentation begins at noon and is free with park admission. [To read the rest of this article, […]

Arizona Highways Here’s some exciting news for Arizona’s hikers and mountain bikers: The newest topographic maps released by the U.S. Geological Survey include mountain-bike trails and segments of the 817-mile Arizona Trail. The maps, which are available to download for free, also now include data from the Public Land Survey System, a way of subdividing and describing land in the […]

Tucson Weekly By Ross Zimmerman I can still hear my son’s voice if I reflect for a moment. “Daddio”or “Father” was a common greeting. We’re just short of four years since the shootings in which Gabe and five others were killed. I might have another 30 years or so of life. Will I still remember his voice near the end […]

azcentral.com By Shaun McKinnon Not a day passes that Ross Zimmerman doesn’t think about his son, Gabe, and feel the empty space left by an assassin’s bullet. “He was my sounding board for ideas,” Zimmerman said. “He was so good at human relations. They used to call him the ‘constituent whisperer’ in Congresswoman Giffords’ office. There’s no telling where he […]

The American Surveyor Newly released US Topo maps for Arizona now feature mountain bike trails, segments of the Arizona National Scenic Trail and Public Land Survey System data. Several of the 1,880 new US Topo quadrangles for the state now display these selected new features along with other improved data layers. [To read the rest of this article, click here.]

The Telegraph In 1995, Cheryl Strayed tackled the 2,500-mile Pacific Crest trail – as depicted in the new film Wild, starring Reece Witherspoon. Here are 10 more of the world’s most challenging long-distance hiking routes: [To read the rest of this article, click here.]

azcentral.com By Bob Young Half the battle of living a healthy, active lifestyle is getting out the door and moving. We don’t need much of an excuse to skip a run or a bike ride. Maybe another “Pineapple Express” storm is on the way, or work has been especially demanding. One day off becomes two, then a week, and the […]

azcentral.com By Mare Czinar At the north end of Roosevelt Lake, an elegant suspension bridge straddles the gap between the Superstition Mountains and Four Peaks Wilderness and serves as the gateway to Passage 20 of the Arizona Trail. This 19.5-mile stretch of rugged roads and narrow footpaths shimmies through of some of the state’s most spectacular country. [To read the […]

Central Arizona College By Angela Askey On November 25, Central Arizona College Radiologic Technology students took to the trails. In partnership with Pinal County and the Arizona Trail Association, they volunteered their time performing trail maintenance and trailhead cleanup along a three mile stretch of the Arizona National Scenic Trail (ANST) from the Florence/Kelvin Highway Trailhead and south. [To read […]

Sedona Monthly Magazine The Arizona National Scenic Trail, an 800-mile hiking trail that stretches from Mexico to Utah, is the subject of a new exhibit at the National Geographic Visit Center outside the Grand Canyon near the town of Tusayan. The exhibit is in the interior courtyard and features a large map of Arizona depicting the entire trail along with […]

Sierra Vista Herald by Dana Cole Stretching from the border with Mexico northward to Utah, the Arizona Trail is considered one of the country’s premier long-distance trails. From start to finish, groups of committed volunteers have been working behind the scenes in building, designing and maintaining the trail as it makes its 817 mile border-to-border trek. Sierra Vista resident Bernie […]

Get Vail AZ by Kimberly Crossland If you’ve ever hiked the Arizona Trail by Marsh Station Road and Cienega Creek you’ve probably seen it – The Gabe Zimmerman trailhead. It’s an impressive landmark along the 800-mile Arizona Trail. The trailhead is complete with a life sized picture of a smiling, happy hiker. But how much do you really know about […]

Outside Magazine by Aaron Gulley In April 2013, after many years of trying, I completed the Arizona Trail 300, a self-supported mountain bike race held on isolated singletrack in the Sonoran Desert. I rode hard and finished first of 52 starters in a record time of 51 hours, 59 minutes. But I missed my goal of finishing in under two […]