The Arizona Trail is an 800 mile trail that continuously runs across the state from Mexico to Utah. The trail passes through mountains, canyons and desert. Hikers, mountain bikers and horseback riders get to see every side of Arizona as the land scape and wildlife change with every step of the trail.
"We all love the many features of the Arizona Trail. It has challenging mountains, pine forests, lush desert with towering saguaros and incredible canyons. Plus, there's the wildlife; from wild elk and javelina to colorful cardinals and red tailed hawks to scurrying gila monsters and, if you are very lucky, maybe a desert tortoise," said Dave Hicks, a hikers and the executive director for the Arizona Trail Association in a press release.
The Arizona Trail Association has been planning, developing, managing and promoting the Arizona Trail since January 22, 1994. The trail is 96 percent complete with only 35 miles left to develop. The ATA is hoping to have all 800 miles of the trail completed and open to the public by the year 2012.
I plan to run start running segments of the trail this coming spring.
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