Arizona Trail - Any Fanatics???

[catclaw]

Been all over it.  My AZ trail hiking these days is done in the saddle

[wildwoody]

True that, don't think I've ever been camping just to camp, had same goals.

[stanley]

12 hours ago, trphyhntr said:

Went straight for the steep stuff eh? 

Point taken.....   My buddies who have hiked the whole thing have reminded me several times that we basically started with the flattest/easiest sections (Blue Ridge to GC...).  Oh well, they all will be hiked eventually if we're to finish our goal so might as well get our sea-legs on the easy stuff first.  

 

[stanley]

11 hours ago, NOTAGS said:

Hiking with out a tag  or gun or fishing hole to hit is, well,  just hiking .   I need a goal. 

At my age, just time outside enjoying the scenery and comradery is enough of a goal for me....   No less hunting/fishing, just additional time outside.  

 

[NOTAGS]

5 hours ago, stanley said:

At my age, just time outside enjoying the scenery and comradery is enough of a goal for me....   No less hunting/fishing, just additional time outside.  

 

Yeah, cause you're so ancient...lol.  I enjoy my time outside as well, sitting on my butt or in a boat seat...  and walking, aka hiking, when necessary.  But , feel free to" take a hike", and I mean that in a friendly way!

[stanley]

Welp, 800 miles - FINALLY DONE!    

Due to super busy schedules across 4 hikers PLUS mother nature (The fires up on the north Kiabab torpedoed our planned finish last summer....), it took us much longer than anticipated, but last weekend my partners and I finally finished the AZT.  

Like many of you, I'm a native and love AZ.  Doing this hike gave me an opportunity to see (and walk through) parts of the state that I had never seen.  Many of them I am sure I will never see again!  The real ball busters were Miller Peak, Superstition Wilderness (We did Roger's Trough to Roosevelt in one day.  Ugh!), Rincons - Mica Mountain, the Mazatals, and of course the Rim to Rim.   Many of the other sections were hard, but those 5 stood out.   We of course hiked lots of easy stuff, too.

 

Mexico

Utah

[Chef]

Way to go Stan!  Congrats on checking this off your bucket list!

[AZCoueser]

Way cool. Thanks for following up. 

[trphyhntr]

Love that for you 

[bigorange]

Awesome. Thanks for sharing the update. 

[catclaw]

Great that you followed through .

Congratulations 

[CatfishKev]

That's awesome man, it's crazy to think one trail goes all the way from the border 35a all the way up to the kaibab. Congrats!

How many rattle snakes did you come across?

[stanley]

Interesting question, @CatfishKev.    Had to think about that.....     

If memory serves me, I think we saw a total of just three.   I recall two Diamondbacks and one cool looking Black Tail.  Saw a few Garter snakes, as well.

 

[bigorange]

Any unusual wildlife or other sightings along the way?

[stanley]

7 minutes ago, bigorange said:

Any unusual wildlife or other sightings along the way?

Not really any unusual wildlife, unless you count 'hardcore through-hiking hippies'.  Saw several of those along the way.  LOL

Saw some of the usual wildlife, but honestly not too much.  Mainly because we were either yapping out loud, plus I had my Vizsla with a bell around her neck for lots of the trail.  Wildlife generally heard us coming!