Maybe not "anything", this is the view looking back up the Horton Springs trail... http://hikearizona.com/photo.php?ZIP=142822 :scared: "Anything along the Arizona Trail between the Mogollon Rim and Grand Canyon," more specifically. Which would rule out the Horton Springs Trail ...

USFS for the most part doesn't build long trails, certainly nothing that would require collaboration with other forest districts, unfortunately. They're not paid to think big or appointed to take chances. But as mentioned before, a lot of that route is already in place, albeit the sort of person who...

Usually there's better water in the troughs, located in the corral opposite the big tank. Hopefully the rancher will install a solar array one of these days, rather than running all the way out there to run the gas pump every few... weeks, months...? By the way, I sincerely hope it's okay to solicit...

Congratulations guys. Say, where is the dead owl water, anyway? Anyone have any links to journals or photos (from your thru-hike, not just of the dead owl)? Also, where's Pops?

Thanks for the trail musings, Pops. Keep up the good work. You might try nightly dipping your trekking poles upside-down in the creek or nearest facsimile thereof. Rodents, like hikers, like salt. That, and avoid the popular campsites, which becomes easier the more the night sky trends toward darkne...

I imagine the BP, if involved, would want to know more about his boots, specifically the brand and model, for tracking purposes. That same info would be valuable for other thru-hikers to have, as well, especially early in the season when the trail is relatively free of fresh human tracks in many pla...

I posted a new topic to share a missing hiker alert but it appears the topic, itself, has also gone missing. One wonders why. In any event, please see the AZ Trail room at trailforums dot com for more details on potentially-missing AZ Trail thru-hiker William.

Came across the following message over at TrailForums.com No contact info provided, other than an email link at the original post: *** ( see top of this thread, second post, for contact ) *** from: kinjockity subject: Anyone seen hiker? from 3/7/13 Hello. We dropped off a hiker at the Coronado Memor...

Good job! How's the snow and water situation, in a few words, maybe?

Actually, due to the automated map creation process, almost all of the maps as well as their bounds are somewhat different and you can't just mix and match from the two products, this year's vs last year's. For one, the mileages have changed based on the current official Mexico to Utah distance of 8...

I'll stay away from a public roundabout over the science here, but just note that there are scholarly articles about this, over at BPL for instance, and A.M. has been demonstrated to inactivate Protozoa and viruses as well as bacteria more readily than other portable water treatment solutions (drops...

Interactive town guide... I like! FWIW, just spoke with Copper Mtn Motel in Superior, which no longer has a public computer available, but does still offer rides back to the trail when they can. They're also planning to open a little cafe out front in the near future, offering coffee and... merchand...

Aqua Mira can be a good choice for water treatment on the Arizona Trail. It's more effective at disabling both big cooties and little cooties than bleach or iodine, especially on silty water (eg, dirt stock tanks) that would also tend to clog a filter in short order. There's the romantic notion of a...

Resupplying along the AZ Trail is surprisingly easy, considering the overall remoteness of the route. I can't think of too many trails of comparable length that have such a preponderance of on-trail and near-trail resupply points. Hitchhiking isn't really necessary in most cases, for example: - Pata...

Hear hear! I've admired those fine, tall cairns many a time on my forays across the Grahams. Great to know a little bit of the history behind them and attribution. Nice work! I guess there's one example of an area that has never returned to its former self after a wildfire. Presumably this was mixed...

How about leaving the car instead at Phoenix, with its greater, um, human resource potential, putting out whatever caches deemed necessary along the length of the trail prior to dropping off the car? You could then easily get back to Phoenix after the hike to retrieve car, using a combination of the...

Bob, try contacting Guino through the email link on his most recent post over on TJ, which I'm linking here simply for the benefit of anyone else who might need some Flagstaff-area trail magic from a willing supplier: http://trailforums.com/index2.cfm?action=detail&PostNum=61987&thread=3&...

The GET will always be languishing to one extent or another. Upkeep isn't really a job for a random handful of folks in the midst of a long walk. So we hope we get lucky every now and then with official maintenance on trails that the GET incidentally uses, like the Arizona Trail. But the natural set...

Howdy Bob. I bet Guino might be able to help with Flagstaff parking. Remember him from the old forum hangout? Not sure if our college-age AZT trail angel has come on board here at HAZ yet. It's looking like a wettish winter so far. You might be able to save some energy on the caching front, given a ...

Has it been over 2 years since I ran into you and your posse, Te-wa? The fellow who has ahead of the group, a first-timer I think, had the look of wide-eyed wonder that only the Supes can bring. I need to get back sooner rather than later. The GET is languishing, amigo. Any idea about trail conditio...