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    • The Arizona Trail
      • To Thruhike or Section Hike, That is the Question
      • Thruhiking The Amazing Arizona Trail
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        • Northern Arizona (Utah-Pine)
          • Passage 43: Buckskin Mountain
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail: Northern Trailhead-Buckskin Mountain Camp (Day 1)
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail Thruhike: Buckskin Mt-Kaibab Plateau North
          • Passage 42: Kaibab Plateau North
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail Thruhike: Kaibab North-Jacob Lake
          • Passage 41: Kaibab Plateau Central
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail Thruhike, Day 4: Jacob Lake-FR 205B
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail Thruhiking: FR 205B-MM 37.2
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail, Day 4: MM 37.2-MM 39
            • The Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail: MM 39-Telephone Hill
          • Passage 40: Kaibab Plateau South
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail, Day 5: Telephone Hill-Little Round Valley
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail Thruhike: Little Round-Pleasant Valleys
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail: Pleasant Valley-Upper Tater Canyon
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail Thruhike: East Rim Overlook-≈MM 61.2
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail, Day 6: Upper Tater Canyon-East Rim Overlook
          • Passage 39: Grand Canyon North Rim
            • Amazing, Stunning Arizona Trail: Lindbergh Hill-North Rim
          • Passage 38: Grand Canyon
            • Amazing, Stunning Arizona Trail Thruhike: Grand Canyon North Rim-Roaring Springs
            • Backpacking the Amazing Arizona Trail: North Kaibab Trail, Roaring Springs to Ribbon Falls (Day 8 – Passage 38, Grand Canyon Inner Canyon)
            • Thruhiking Amazing, Stunning Arizona Trail: Ribbon Falls-Bright Angel Campground
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail – Bright Angel CG (Colorado River)-South Rim
          • Passage 37: Grand Canyon South Rim
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail: Triple Zero on the South Rim-Tusayan East
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail Thruhike: Tusayan East to Grandview West
          • Passage 36: Coconino Rim
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail: Coconino Rim to Moqui Stage Station
          • Passage 35: Babbitt Ranch
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail Thruhike: Moqui Stage Station-Babbitt Ranch Campsite
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail: Babbitt Ranch Campsite-Missouri Bill Hill
          • Passage 34: San Francisco Peaks
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail: Missouri Bill Hill-San Francisco Peaks
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail Thruhike: San Francisco Peaks, Part 1
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail, Day 21: Heart of the San Francisco Peaks
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail: Heart of the San Francisco Peaks, Part 3
          • Passage 33: Flagstaff
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail Thruhike: Schultz Pass West
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail Thruhike: Dry Lake Hills-Flagstaff
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail: Schultz Pass-Dry Lake Hills
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail: Flagstaff Zero
          • Passage 32: Elden Mountain
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail Backpacking: Schultz Pass East
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail: US 89-Picture Canyon (Passage 32)
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail: Picture Canyon-Walnut Canyon
          • Passage 31: Walnut Canyon
            • Arizona Trail, Day 26: Walnut Canyon National Monument, Part I
            • Arizona Trail, Day 26: Walnut Canyon National Monument, Part II
            • Arizona Trail, Day 26: Walnut Canyon National Monument, Part 3
            • Arizona Trail, Day 26: Walnut Canyon National Monument, Part 4
            • Thruhiking the Amazing, Beautiful Arizona Trail: Walnut Canyon, Part 2
            • Arizona Trail Thruhike, Day 27 – Passages 31 (Walnut Canyon) and 33 (Flagstaff South)
            • Discover Flagstaff – Where to Eat, Stay, Resupply, and Just Have a Good Time in Arizona’s Coolest Mountain Town
          • Passage 30: Anderson Mesa
            • Backpacking the Arizona Trail, Day 29 – Flagstaff to Anderson Mesa (Passages 31 & 33, Flagstaff & Walnut Canyon)
            • Arizona Trail, Day 30 – Anderson Mesa (Passages 31 and 30, Walnut Canyon and Mormon Lake)
            • Arizona Trail, Day 31 – Anderson Mesa to Double Springs (Passages 30, Anderson Mesa & 29, Mormon Lake)
            • Backpacking the Arizona Trail – Double Springs to Mormon Lake (Day 32; Passage 30, Mormon Lake)
          • Passage 29: Mormon Lake
            • Arizona Trail, Day 33 – Mormon Lake Zero
            • Backpacking the Arizona Trail – Mormon Lake to Shuff Tank (Day 34; Passages 29 & 28, Mormon Lake & Happy Jack)
          • Passage 28: Happy Jack
            • Backpacking the Amazing Arizona Trail, Day 35 – Passage 29 (Happy Jack)
            • Arizona Trail, Day 36 – Passage 29 (Happy Jack)
          • Passage 27: Blue Ridge
            • Backpacking the Arizona Trail, Day 38 – Blue Ridge Ranger Station to Mogollon Rim (Passage 28, Blue Ridge)
            • Backpacking the Arizona Trail – Clear Creek to Mogollon Rim (Passage 28, Blue Ridge)
          • Passage 26: Highline
            • Backpacking the Arizona Trail – Mogollon Rim to Highline Trail (Passage 27, Highline)
            • Backpacking the Arizona Trail – Highline Trail, Part I (Passage 27, Highline)
            • Backpacking the Arizona Trail – Highline Trail, Part II (Passage 27, Highline)
            • Backpacking the Arizona Trail, Day 40-41 – Highline Trail (Passage 27, Highline)
            • Backpacking the Arizona Trail, Day 41, Part III – Highline Trail (Passage 27, Highline)
        • Towns of the Arizona Trail and Roads: Friendly Pine
        • Central Arizona (Pine-Oracle)
          • Passage 25: Whiterock Mesa
            • Backpacking the Arizona Trail – Pine to Pine Ridge (Passage 25, Whiterock Mesa)
            • Backpacking the Arizona Trail – Pine Ridge to FR 194 (Passage 26, Whiterock Mesa)
            • Backpacking the Arizona Trail – FR 194 to Pine Spring (Passage 45, Whiterock Mesa)
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail Thruhiking: Polk Spring – Red Hills
          • Passage 24: Red Hills
            • Backpacking the Arizona Trail, Day 46 – Red Hills (Passage 24)
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail Thruhiking: Red Hills Ridge-The Park
          • Passage 23: Mazatzal Divide
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail Thruhike: The Park-Horse Camp Seep
            • Amazing Arizona Trail Thruhiking: Spectacular Horse Camp Seep-Barnhardt Junction
            • Backpacking the Amazing Arizona Trail, Day 52 – Passage 23 (Mazatzal Divide, Part III)
            • Backpacking the Amazing Arizona Trail – Mazatzal Divide, Part IV (Day 52, Passage 23)
          • Passage 22: Saddle Mountain
            • Backpacking the Amazing Arizona Trail – Mazatzal Divide, Part V (Day 53, Passage 23)
          • Passage 21: Pine Mountain
            • Backpacking the Amazing Arizona Trail – Saddle Mountain, Part I (Day 53, Passage 23)
            • Backpacking the Amazing Arizona Trail – Saddle Mountain, Part II (Day 54, Passages 22 & 21)
            • Backpacking the Amazing Arizona Trail – Pine Mountain (Passage 21), Boulder Creek Trail
            • Backpacking the Amazing Arizona Trail – Pine Mountain (Passage 21), FR 422 to Pigeon Spring Trailhead
          • Passage 20: Four Peaks
            • Backpacking the Amazing Arizona Trail – Four Peaks North (Passage 20)
            • Backpacking the Amazing Arizona Trail – Four Peaks South (Passage 20)
            • Arizona Trail Backpacking Logistics – AZT Gateway Communities: Tonto Basin
          • Passage 19: Superstition Wilderness
            • Backpacking the Amazing Arizona Trail – Inspiration Point to Roosevelt Cemetery (Passages 20 & 19, Four Peaks to Superstition Mountains)
            • Backpacking the Amazing Arizona Trail – Cottonwood Creek (Passage 19, Superstition Wilderness)
            • Amazing Arizona Trail: Cottonwood Creek to Beautiful Pine Creek
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail: Pine Creek-Rogers Trough
          • Passage 18: Reavis Canyon
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail: Reavis Canyon-Alamo Canyon North (Day 63)
          • Passage 17: Alamo Canyon
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail: Reavis Canyon-Alamo Canyon North (Day 63)
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail Thruhike: Alamo Canyon South (Day 64)
          • Passage 16: Gila River Canyons
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail, Day 64: Tonto NF Boundary-Martinez Canyon
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail, Day 64: Martinez Canyon-Gila River
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail Thruhiking: Gila River West (Day 65)
            • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail, Day 66: Gila River East
      • Resupply Towns
        • Discover Flagstaff – Where to Eat, Stay, Resupply, and Just Have a Good Time in Arizona’s Coolest Mountain Town
        • Towns of the Arizona Trail and Roads: Friendly Pine
        • Arizona Trail Backpacking Logistics – AZT Gateway Communities: Tonto Basin
        • Kearny, Arizona: Towns of the Amazing Arizona Trail
      • Amazing Arizona Trail: An Extra (45) Miles from Glen Canyon
      • Thruhiking Amazing Vermilion Cliffs – Lee’s Ferry & Lower Paria Canyon
      • Backpacking Amazing, Beautiful Paría Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Day 2
      • Spectacular Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness: Amazing Arizona Backpacking, Day 3
      • Beautiful, Spectacular Paría Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness
      • Backpacking Beautiful Paría Canyon: Spectacular Big Springs-Upper Paria (Day 5)
      • Backpacking Beautiful Buckskin Gulch at Spectacular Vermilion Cliffs (Day 7)
      • Backpacking Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness – Buckskin Gulch to the Arizona Trail (AZT Approach Day 8, Part 1)
      • Backpacking Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness – Buckskin Gulch to the Arizona Trail (AZT Approach Day 8, Part 2)
      • Arizona Trail Approach, Day 8 (Part III) – Buckskin Gulch to AZT
  • Road Trips
    • Newburyport, MA: Best Towns in the US for Roadtrips
    • Discover Flagstaff – Where to Eat, Stay, Resupply, and Just Have a Good Time in Arizona’s Coolest Mountain Town
    • St. George, Utah: Best Towns of the Roads and Trails
  • National Parks
    • Is One National Park Service Designation Better than Another?
    • Everything You Need to Know About the America the Beautiful Federal Lands Pass
    • Grand Canyon National Park
      • Inner Canyon
        • Beautiful Grand Canyon: Spectacular Little Colorado/Colorado Rivers Confluence: Days 1-2
        • Beautiful Grand Canyon: Spectacular Little Colorado/Colorado Rivers Confluence: Day 3, Part 1
        • Amazing, Stunning Arizona Trail Thruhike: Grand Canyon North Rim-Roaring Springs
        • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail: Grand Canyon, Roaring Springs-Ribbon Falls
        • Thruhiking Amazing, Stunning Arizona Trail: Ribbon Falls-Bright Angel Campground
        • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail – Bright Angel CG (Colorado River)-South Rim
      • Beautiful Grand Canyon ‘s Iconic South Rim (Park Ranger Planning)
      • Spectacular North Rim of Beautiful Grand Canyon NP (Park Planner)
      • Amazing, Stunning Arizona Trail: Grand Canyon NP Border-Lindbergh Hill
      • Amazing, Stunning Arizona Trail: Lindbergh Hill-North Rim
    • Beautiful Katahdin Woods & Waters NM: Spectacular Mountain Views
    • Great Basin National Park: Spectacular Alpine and Cave Gem
    • Death along Beautiful Wilson’s Creek: National Park Planner
    • Remarkable, Stunning El Morro National Monument
    • Beautiful Walnut Canyon NM: Sinagua Cliff Dwelling History
    • Beautiful, Spectacular Castle Mountains National Monument
    • Spectacular Cedar Breaks National Monument’s Beautiful Winter Landscape
    • Chickasaw NRA: Beautiful Springs, Indigenous and CCC Heritage in Oklahoma
  • State Parks
    • Arizona State Parks
    • Utah State Parks
    • Maine State Parks
      • Baxter State Park
  • wilderness
    • Wilderness: What is It’s Beautiful, Spectacular Meaning to You?
    • Fossil Springs Wilderness
      • Fossil Springs Wilderness – Fossil Springs Trail
      • Fossil Springs Wilderness – Flume Trail
      • Fossil Springs Wilderness – Waterfall Trail
      • Fossil Springs Wilderness – FR 708
    • Four Peaks Wilderness
      • Backpacking the Amazing Arizona Trail – Four Peaks North (Passage 20)
      • Backpacking the Amazing Arizona Trail – Four Peaks South (Passage 20)
      • Backpacking the Amazing Arizona Trail – Inspiration Point to Roosevelt Cemetery (Passages 20 & 19, Four Peaks to Superstition Mountains)
    • Grand Canyon Wilderness
      • Beautiful Grand Canyon: Spectacular Little Colorado/Colorado Rivers Confluence: Day 3, Part 1
      • Backpacking the Amazing Arizona Trail: North Kaibab Trail, Roaring Springs to Ribbon Falls (Day 8 – Passage 38, Grand Canyon Inner Canyon)
      • Thruhiking Amazing, Stunning Arizona Trail: Ribbon Falls-Bright Angel Campground
      • Backpacking the Amazing Arizona Trail – Bright Angel Campground (Colorado River) to South Rim (Passage 39, Grand Canyon Inner Canyon)
    • Mazatzal Wilderness
      • Amazing, Spectacular Arizona Trail Thruhike: The Park-Horse Camp Seep
      • Amazing Arizona Trail Thruhiking: Spectacular Horse Camp Seep-Barnhardt Junction
      • Backpacking the Amazing Arizona Trail, Day 52 – Passage 23 (Mazatzal Divide, Part III)
      • Backpacking the Amazing Arizona Trail – Mazatzal Divide, Part IV (Day 52, Passage 23)
      • Backpacking the Amazing Arizona Trail – Mazatzal Divide, Part V (Day 53, Passage 23)
      • Spectacular Barnhardt Trail, Mazatzal Wilderness: Amazing Arizona Hiking (Tonto NF)
    • Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness
      • Thruhiking Amazing Vermilion Cliffs – Lee’s Ferry & Lower Paria Canyon
      • Backpacking Amazing, Beautiful Paría Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Day 2
      • Spectacular Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness: Amazing Arizona Backpacking, Day 3
      • Beautiful, Spectacular Paría Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness
      • Backpacking Beautiful Paría Canyon: Spectacular Big Springs-Upper Paria (Day 5)
      • Backpacking Paria Canyon & Beautiful Buckskin Gulch: Day 6
      • Backpacking Beautiful Buckskin Gulch at Spectacular Vermilion Cliffs (Day 7)
      • Backpacking Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness – Buckskin Gulch to the Arizona Trail (AZT Approach Day 8, Part 1)
      • Backpacking Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness – Buckskin Gulch to the Arizona Trail (AZT Approach Day 8, Part 2)
    • Saddle Mountain Wilderness
      • Backpacking the Amazing Arizona Trail – Saddle Mountain, Part I (Day 53, Passage 23)
      • Backpacking the Amazing Arizona Trail – Saddle Mountain, Part II (Day 54, Passages 22 & 21)
    • Baxter State Park
  • Hiking
    • Spectacular Barnhardt Trail, Mazatzal Wilderness: Amazing Arizona Hiking (Tonto NF)
    • Picture Canyon, Flagstaff: Hiking Amazing, Spectacular Arizona
  • Gear
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      • La Sportiva Ultra Raptor: Great Backpacking Gear or Junk?

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