Tag Archives: Arizona Trail

On 3/6/20 we hiked 12 miles to Arizona Trail mile 64 and camped near the Walker Basin Trailhead. We started the day with a stop at the Gathering Grounds Cafe for an excellent breakfast and then picked up a few sandwiches to go from the Ovens if Patagonia before we hiked out of town. TheContinue reading “The hills above Patagonia”

On 3/4/20 we hiked 14 miles to Arizona Trail mile 42 and camped near Red Bank Well. Our fourth day on the Arizona Trail started cold with frozen shoes but sunny skies warmed things up pretty quickly. The hiking was fairly easy contouring the rolling Canelo Hills East, but of course muddy from the previousContinue reading “Onward to Patagonia, AZ”

On our third morning on the Arizona Trail fresh snow covered the forest and our tent in Sunnyside Canyon. Packing up cold wet gear is never fun. It rained and drizzled most of the day. We were prepared and stayed relatively warm despite temperatures mostly in the 40’s, but hard not to get soaked spendingContinue reading “Sunnyside Canyon”

We awoke at our chilly campsite high on Miller Peak for our second day on the Arizona Trail. After about a half mile of hiking we ran into snow covering the trail just north of the trail junction to Miller Peak. It was about 8 am, so the snow was still frozen pretty hard fromContinue reading “A Snowy Decent from Miller Peak”

On Sunday we started hiking the 800 mile Arizona Trail. Our plans are to spend the next two months walking across Arizona. The Arizona Trail begins at the Mexican border south of the Arizona town of Sierra Vista. There is no road access to the start of the Arizona Trail so you have to hikeContinue reading “We are off to hike the Arizona Trail”