I was in Walmart yesterday and picked up a funny little list they had titled "100 Best Hiking Trails in North America". It really means the "best" trails in America, not North America (nothing in Canada or Mexico). Arizona ranks surprisingly low. Here is what the list shows for AZ:
Boynton Canyon - 29th
Verde Hot Springs - 30th
Havasu Canyon Trail - 40th
Four Peaks Mine - 45th
Bright Angel Trail - 51st
Camelback Mountain Summit Trail - 60th
Backway to Crown King - 83rd
Crappy - I call bogus on this "list." For what its worth, the number one and number one hundred trails are both in New York (New York?): Breakneck Ridge Trail in first, North-South Lake Loop in last.
Nearby states have few high ranking trails. None in New Mexico. One (Zion Narrows) in Utah. None in Nevada. There are several in Colorado.
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Linked Descriptions Boynton Canyon Trail #47, Verde Hot Springs, Havasu Canyon Trail, Camelback Summit - Cholla TH, Camelback Summit - Echo Canyon TH, Zion Narrows
Arizona Ranks Low - 100 Best Hiking Trails in America
It sounds like cheating at checkers.
Not only is the list bogus for AZ, but the NY hikes are bogus, too. They're neither the most popular nor the best in their general vicinity, much less all of NY.
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Linked Descriptions Boynton Canyon Trail #47, Verde Hot Springs, Havasu Canyon Trail, Camelback Summit - Cholla TH, Camelback Summit - Echo Canyon TH, Zion Narrows
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Arizona Ranks Low - 100 Best Hiking Trails in America
by Rob del Desierto » Dec 06 2010 6:51 pm
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Re: Arizona Ranks Low
by hippiepunkpirate » Dec 06 2010 6:55 pm
One in Utah? Ridiculous. That list is totally all around bunk. I believe there's a thread about our fav AZ hikes, and I don't think the Verde Hot Springs were on anyone's list!
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Re: Arizona Ranks Low
by Vaporman » Dec 06 2010 7:35 pm
LMAO, verde hot springs beats Havasupai and the Grand Canyon?!? 
I can't think of anyone who highly recommends those hot springs...
I can't think of anyone who highly recommends those hot springs...Yea, canyoneering is an extreme sport... EXTREMELY dramatic!!! =p
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Re: Arizona Ranks Low
by azbackpackr » Dec 06 2010 7:43 pm
I like the "bogus" designation on this one. Sheesh!
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Re: Arizona Ranks Low
by Rob del Desierto » Dec 06 2010 8:18 pm
Does anyone even know what "Backway to Crown King" is?
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Re: Arizona Ranks Low
by joe bartels » Dec 06 2010 8:20 pm
Believe it's a road that's popular with off-road weekend warriors.
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Re: Arizona Ranks Low
by coanbru » Dec 06 2010 8:22 pm
@PageRob
There's a popular 4 X 4 route that goes into Crown King from the West.
To the best of my knowledge, that's about it
There's a popular 4 X 4 route that goes into Crown King from the West.
To the best of my knowledge, that's about it
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Re: Arizona Ranks Low
by Rob del Desierto » Dec 06 2010 8:23 pm
That doesn't even sound like a trail... 
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Re: Arizona Ranks Low
by joe bartels » Dec 06 2010 8:25 pm
Is this a book, a flyer or what?
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Re: Arizona Ranks Low
by big_load » Dec 06 2010 8:26 pm
PageRob wrote:Does anyone even know what "Backway to Crown King" is?
It sounds like cheating at checkers.
Not only is the list bogus for AZ, but the NY hikes are bogus, too. They're neither the most popular nor the best in their general vicinity, much less all of NY.
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Re: Arizona Ranks Low
by Rob del Desierto » Dec 06 2010 9:04 pm
It was a sheet to tear off of a pad in the sporting goods section in Wally World.
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Re: Arizona Ranks Low
by joe bartels » Dec 06 2010 9:08 pm
ah that makes sense, probably next to the 5,000 watt 6x9 Jenson speakers for $19.96
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Re: Arizona Ranks Low
by coanbru » Dec 06 2010 9:10 pm
@joe bartels
Those Jenson's ROCK.
I had some in my '69 Camero that rocked ZZ Top pretty darn hard.
(Of course that was back in the '70's)
Those Jenson's ROCK.
I had some in my '69 Camero that rocked ZZ Top pretty darn hard.
(Of course that was back in the '70's)
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Re: Arizona Ranks Low
by Tortoise Hiker » Dec 06 2010 9:11 pm
Tortoise Hiking. Stop and smell the Petrichor.
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Re: Arizona Ranks Low
by Sredfield » Dec 06 2010 9:12 pm
As if we need another reason to avoid Walmart.
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Re: Arizona Ranks Low
by Jim_H » Dec 06 2010 9:36 pm
Walmart? Uh, huh. NY? Yeah, I think the east when I want to go for a hike. I also think good English meat pies for a meal, Yugoslavia for reliable motor cars, and Miller High Life for micro brew.
I think Monsoon season will begin around June 20, plus or minus 5 days, not by the calendar according to the NWS, but when dew points rise dramatically, and it begins to rain over the Sacramento Mountains. It will start about 10 days later in Arizona.
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Re: Arizona Ranks Low
by Jim Lyding » Dec 06 2010 9:49 pm
coanbru wrote:@joe bartels
Those Jenson's ROCK.
I had some in my '69 Camero that rocked ZZ Top pretty darn hard.
(Of course that was back in the '70's)
Is that when you had a mullet?
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Re: Arizona Ranks Low
by joe bartels » Dec 06 2010 9:59 pm
or hair for that matter
Hike Arizona it ROCKS!
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Re: Arizona Ranks Low
by Tortoise Hiker » Dec 06 2010 10:02 pm
Tortoise Hiking. Stop and smell the Petrichor.
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Re: Arizona Ranks Low
by coanbru » Dec 06 2010 10:26 pm
Jim Lyding wrote:Is that when you had a mullet?
joe bartels wrote:or hair for that matter
So is this what it's come to.... Nice... Real nice.
@Jim Lyding
That was before there was such a thing as a Mullet
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You're getting there.... "Bruce, spray some of that sun screen on the top of my head"
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