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Arizona Ranks Low - 100 Best Hiking Trails in America

Postby Rob del Desierto » Dec 06 2010 6:51 pm

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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Re: Arizona Ranks Low

Postby 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

Postby Vaporman » Dec 06 2010 7:35 pm

LMAO, verde hot springs beats Havasupai and the Grand Canyon?!? :sl: 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

Postby azbackpackr » Dec 06 2010 7:43 pm

I like the "bogus" designation on this one. Sheesh!
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Re: Arizona Ranks Low

Postby 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

Postby 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

Postby 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 :-k
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Re: Arizona Ranks Low

Postby 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

Postby joe bartels » Dec 06 2010 8:25 pm

Is this a book, a flyer or what?
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Re: Arizona Ranks Low

Postby 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

Postby 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

Postby 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

Postby 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)
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Re: Arizona Ranks Low

Postby Tortoise Hiker » Dec 06 2010 9:11 pm

:M2C: :roll: :oplz: [-X
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Re: Arizona Ranks Low

Postby Sredfield » Dec 06 2010 9:12 pm

As if we need another reason to avoid Walmart.
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Re: Arizona Ranks Low

Postby 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.
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Re: Arizona Ranks Low

Postby 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)


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Re: Arizona Ranks Low

Postby joe bartels » Dec 06 2010 9:59 pm

or hair for that matter
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Re: Arizona Ranks Low

Postby Tortoise Hiker » Dec 06 2010 10:02 pm

:o
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Re: Arizona Ranks Low

Postby 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.


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