Arizona Trail
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Days 10 & 11 | Arizona Trail
Zero Days #2 & #3 Vail, Arizona After we arrived in our second trail town, Vail, Arizona, we decided to take a double zero for Tom to ice his persistent knee injury. We caught a ride back to Tucson, AZ to rest up in an affordable hotel. After two days, there was no change, and
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Day 9 | Arizona Trail
Mile 97 – 111.9 Today we pushed through open fields with more and more cacti as we approached the trail town of Vail, Arizona. It was a long day, especially for Tom, who has been struggling with a knee injury. We plan to rest up before moving on into Saguaro National Park in the next
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Day 8 | Arizona Trail
Mile 82.1 – 97 The weather has been a little bit of everything. Sometime hot, sometimes cool, breezy, still, dry, rainy. We searched an searched for a great campsite, but this section of trail has been both incredibly rocky, and filled with cow pies. We finally decided on an area covered with cow pies, and
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Day 6 | Arizona Trail
Mile 52.4 – 67.2 The Arizona desert has been stunning! A lot of people may just picture endless flat sand, but the trail is anything but that. We still haven’t had any long water carries, despite hiking in the desert. We’ve had a lot of water crossings, and a lot of interesting water sources, most
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Day 7 | Arizona Trail
Mile 67.2 – 82.1 The day was rocky, with over 2,500 feet of elevation gain, and over 2,000 feet of elevation loss. Kentucky Camp Ghost Town After a long day, we reached a small building with running water. It was Kentucky Camp, a ghost town. The camp host let us stay the night inside, which
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Day 5 | Arizona Trail
Zero Day #1 No hiking for us today! We spent the day in the adorable town of Patagonia, AZ. Tom overextended his knee hiking through deep snow, and on top of that has a wet cough, we assume came from the high elevation. We’ll hang out in town until both of these issues clear up
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Day 4 | Arizona Trail
Mile 39.3 – 52.4 Another gentle(r) day at lower elevations. We’ve met a handful of other thru-hikers by now, and are getting to know them – Shrink, Norseman, Loofah, and of course Cherry Pit. Everyone is eagerly awaiting the first town food of Patagonia, Arizona! ⇠ Previous Day Next Day ⇢
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Day 3 | Arizona Trail
Mile 22.8 – 39.3 Miller Peak Wilderness When we woke up in the Miller Peak Wilderness, we found only mild condensation on our tent! We were grateful we had chosen to go with a double-walled tent (net body + rain fly) as opposed to a single-walled tent (one piece) because they handle condensation better. Typically
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Day 2 | Arizona Trail
Mile 9.3 – 22.8 We tried to get out of our tent early, but we were forced to stay cozy in our warm sleeping bags until the ice melted on the zippers of our tent. When we finally emerged, everything was covered in a fine layer of ice. Shaking off our tent, we produced enough
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Day 1 | Arizona Trail
Miles 0 – 9.3 (+1.8 bonus miles to tag the terminus) We rose before the sun, cold but surprisingly relatively dry and jittery with excitement to finally be hiking on the Arizona Trail. We used the red light on our headlamps to quietly pack up our belongings, and try not to disturb the other hiker