Trail Skills Institute Module 1&2 – March 2018

The skills training offered by the ATA in partnership with American Conservation Experience (ACE) has become hugely popular, and many classes are selling out well in advance. Such was the case with the Module 1&2 training scheduled for Superior on March 17th. Fifteen volunteers gathered near the Picketpost Trailhead to learn about trail context, how to study the effect of […]

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Passage 17 – Alamo Canyon

November 10-12, 2017 Over Veteran’s Day weekend, the Arizona Backpacking Club and other volunteers were supported by the M&F Jeepers in their maintenance of Passage 17a near Superior. The jeep club donates their time, gas and rubber to transport food, water and tools to the volunteers, who hiked the 9 trail miles in to basecamp. The jeep group also stocked […]

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Passage 17 – Alamo Canyon

AZT Super Gate number 35 was installed today, at the very remote passage 16/17 junction. Members of Tonto Recreation Alliance — the 4WD club from Phoenix — who have helped out before provided the grueling 2.5 hour access out FR4 and then over undesignated roads to the site. All hands involved today are quite experienced with these heavy steel structures, […]

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