Tag: Arizona backpacking

Day 16 on the Arizona Trail

Mileage: 13.5 miles Weather: 46 degrees, cloudy, wind at 13-19mph, nighttime was 19 (feels like 8 degrees). Snow The morning started packing out of the lodge and saying goodbye to Maple and Shufflin. We took a taxi to the same spot we left the… Continue Reading “Day 16 on the Arizona Trail”

Day 13 on the Arizona Trail

Mileage: 16 miles Weather: Windy and cold The morning started with frost all over the tent. We took the fly off the tent and shook as much of the frost off as we could. Then proceeded to fold up the rest of the tent.… Continue Reading “Day 13 on the Arizona Trail”

Day 12 on the Arizona Trail

Mileage: 16.5 miles Weather: sunny most the day, night was 26 degrees and a few snow flurries The morning started out cold. We were packed and ready to hike within about 15 minutes! Not bad! We are getting quicker (could also be the fact… Continue Reading “Day 12 on the Arizona Trail”

Day 9 on the Arizona Trail

We slept in this morning! We didn’t get up until around 7:30am. We took a nice shower, gathered our dirty clothes and heading to breakfast. They have a breakfast buffet at the lodge that was really good. Lots of options. After breakfast we headed… Continue Reading “Day 9 on the Arizona Trail”

Day 1 on the AZT

Mileage: 5 miles Weather: snow, cold, storms We woke up at 5am to a thunderstorm which then turned to snow. Looking at the weather, it was supposed to clear out in the next couple hours. So we had some breakfast and got ready. Our… Continue Reading “Day 1 on the AZT”