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”
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AZT Day 7: Mica Mountain
Miles Hiked: 26.1AZT Progress: 161.4Grass Shack to Molino Basin CampgroundI got the best sleep I’ve had on the whole trail at Grass Shack campsite last night. I was the first person awake and left camp at 6:30am without talking to anyone. I started the last half of the massive climb up Mica Mountain. I’m soContinueContinue reading “AZT Day 7: Mica Mountain”
AZT Day 6: Sauguro National Park
Miles Hiked: 22.6AZT Progress: 135.4Gabe Zimmerman TH to Grass Shack I woke up to the sunrise and a soaking wet sleeping bag at the Gabe Zimmerman Trailhead this morning. I was in no rush to leave as Colossal Cave Gift Shop (my next resupply stop) only 5 miles away doesn’t open until 9am. I consideredContinueContinue reading “AZT Day 6: Sauguro National Park”
AZT Day 5: Cactus Garden
Miles Hiked: 35.8AZT Progress: 112.8Kentucky Camp to Gabe Zimmerman THThis morning I walked outside of Kentucky camp to hail frozen on the ground but the sky was completely cloudless. I was so happy! This is the first time the sky has been completely clear and it hasn’t looked like it’s about to or is activelyContinueContinue reading “AZT Day 5: Cactus Garden”
AZT Day 4: Santa Rita Mountains and Goodwill in Dead Cow Country
Miles Hiked: 24.6AZT progress: 77 Casablanca Trailhead to Kentucky Camp I slept well under my tarp at Tera Sol in Patagonia. The extra Mexican blankets they provide campers kept me extra cozy last night. My tarp was wet from condensation, something I hadn’t thought about yet. I crawled out of my sleeping bag at 6amContinueContinue reading “AZT Day 4: Santa Rita Mountains and Goodwill in Dead Cow Country”
AZT Day 3: Patagonia
I woke up to yet again more snow this morning! I can’t believe it’s snowed on me the first two nights of this hike. I was expecting to encounter snow a maximum of two times and I’ve already hit it. I was camped at 5,300 feet, yesterday the snow didn’t reach this low. My treeContinueContinue reading “AZT Day 3: Patagonia”
AZT Day 2: Snow in the Desert
Miles Hiked: 27 Total Trail Progress: 36.7 Passages 1-3 It snowed almost an inch but not quite last night. My tarp was partially buried in snow that was blown on to it but I stayed dry inside. I think I got lucky with how I pitched it but I plan on pitching it many moreContinueContinue reading “AZT Day 2: Snow in the Desert”
AZT Day 1: The Journey Begins
Miles Hiked: 11.7Total Trail Progress: 9.7Passage 1After a week long trip to Moab with my fiance Val, he dropped me off at the Salt Lake City Airport. We said our goodbyes and I walked in to go through security and catch my 10:30am flight to Tucson AZ. With a very short layover in Phoenix, itContinueContinue reading “AZT Day 1: The Journey Begins”
A Cold Start to 2024
I haven’t used this blog much outside of documenting my long distance thru hikes with daily trail journals. In 2024 I want to challenge myself to grow creatively by publishing a blog post once a week. To be honest keeping my trail journals wasn’t easy and I felt a bit more than burned out withContinueContinue reading “A Cold Start to 2024”
PCT Day 135: Terminus
Date: September 2nd 2023 Miles Hiked: 19 Today I woke up with a 7 mile, 3,000 foot descent to the Northern PCT Terminus at the Canadian border. I packed up my gear at our epic campsite and bantered with Midnight and Trail Diva all morning. I miss this life and the people I get toContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 135: Terminus”
PCT Day 134: Back for the Victory Lap
Date: September 1st, 2023 Miles Hiked: 23 I woke up in my cozy car camping set up at Harts Pass this morning. Trail Diva and Midnight slept in their car as well and Galileo cowboy camped as per usual. He came to camp with us for old times sake as we all shared a coupleContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 134: Back for the Victory Lap”
Kettle Crest Trail
Date: August 29th and 30th 2023 Miles Hiked: 60 This fall I had planned a ten day trip to Washington state to go finish the last thirty miles of the PCT with my hiking partners. I had a couple of extra days to kill while waiting to meet up with them so I searched forContinueContinue reading “Kettle Crest Trail”
PCT Day 133: The Last Day
September 2nd, 2023 Miles Hiked: 27 Total PCT Mileage: 2,575 This morning I woke up to the cold air in my tent. My friends didn’t show up last night as planned. I did let them know where I camped but it was an awkward spot hidden a little bit off the trail since there wereContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 133: The Last Day”
PCT Day 132: Rainy Pass
Miles Hiked: 23 PCT Mileage: 2547.9 The anxiety I had last night about all the wildfires was significantly better this morning. I packed up my tent at 6:00 a.m. and made oatmeal for breakfast at the lodge while I waited for the school bus back to trail at 7:45 a.m.. The bus was packed fullContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 132: Rainy Pass”
PCT Day 131: The Last Zero- Stehekin
Miles Hiked: ZERO PCT Miles: 2524.9 This morning I went down to the lodge on the shore of Lake Chelan to wait for everything to open up at 10:00 a.m. I needed to pick up my package and purchase Wi-Fi. There was a whole herd of hikers waiting to do the same thing. Since onlyContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 131: The Last Zero- Stehekin”
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