Monthly Archives: April 2024

Miles Hiked: 30.1AZT progress: 343.7Today’s goal was to get to Roosevelt Lake before it started to precipitate predicted around 5pm as well as pick up my resupply box from my parents before the marina closed at 6pm. I started hiking at 5:10am continuing down the dirt road I camped off of last night. I hadContinueContinue reading “AZT Day 14- Roosevelt Lake”

Miles Hiked: 28.3AZT Progress: 313.6 miles Rain water collector to Rogers Trough Trailhead RoadI wasn’t able to fall asleep until 3am last night, I think because I was so cold. I woke up around 5:30 to the sunrise feeling incredibly exhausted but too tired to fall back asleep. I quietly packed up my things andContinueContinue reading “AZT Day 13- Gila Monster Magic”

Miles Hiked: 25.7AZT Progress: 288.2 Kearney to Rain water collector Passages: 14 –  https://aztrail.org/explore/passages/passage-16-gila-river-canyons/ I woke up at 5am this morning feeling incredibly rested. I got my clothes in the laundry and started cleaning out my food bag as soon as the other hikers in the living room started moving around. I learned that peopleContinueContinue reading “AZT Day 12: Kearny AZ and the Gila River Canyons”

Miles Hiked: 37AZT progress: 262Beehive Well to Kearney I hardly slept at all last night. I was already awake before my alarm went off at 4am hoping I could get a few more hours of sleep but it didn’t happen. I got out of my soaking wet sleeping bag and tent packed up and hitContinueContinue reading “AZT Day 11 – Kangaroo Mouse Fiesta”

Miles hiked: 8 Oracle Ridge to Oracle I only slept about two hours last night but woke up with the sunrise regardless. I thought about just going back to sleep but the thought of the incoming storm got me up and moving. All night long my tent flapped around like a parachute and the footContinueContinue reading “AZT Day 9- Oracle”

Miles Hiked: 30AZT Progress: 191Molino Campground to Oracle Ridge mile 191 Passage 11: https://aztrail.org/explore/passages/passage-11-santa-catalina-mountains/Today felt just as incredibly long as it was. It started with my alarm going off at 4am. I was determined to hike up Mount Lemmon and make it to the general store in the resort village of Summerhaven before it closedContinueContinue reading “AZT Day 8: Mount Lemmon”