Des Hikes Thru

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 andContinue 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 peopleContinue 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 hitContinue 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 footContinue 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 closedContinue reading "AZT Day 8: Mount Lemmon"

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 soContinue reading "AZT Day 7: Mica Mountain"

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 consideredContinue reading "AZT Day 6: Sauguro National Park"

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 6amContinue reading "AZT Day 4: Santa Rita Mountains and Goodwill in Dead Cow Country"

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 treeContinue reading "AZT Day 3: Patagonia"

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 moreContinue reading "AZT Day 2: Snow in the Desert"