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| no partners | | Day 3 of 3 and the AZT is in the books! SOBO up the monster climb in gorgeous Scotia and Sunnyside Canyons and along the crest, then my gracious wife / shuttle driver met me at Montezuma Pass and we did the final leg down to the border together.
All told I spent about 50 days hiking the AZT, mostly since 2017 when I started getting increasingly focused (obsessed?) with completing the whole thing. Mostly I did long day hikes, with 2 day/1 night backpacks for Passages 16/17, 18/19 and 35/36. Section hiking had the advantage of mixing up the hiking direction as well as the seasons. I was able to loop hike or bike shuttle about half the passages, car shuttle for the rest.
It's hard to describe the appeal of the AZT. No doubt there are long stretches that will never be featured in Arizona Highways, but every passage held beauty, interest, diversity and great appreciation for the vision and effort that went into building it. Definitely a case of the whole being much greater than just the sum of it's parts. AmaZingTrail. |
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