Category Archives: Payson

Hike #27 Bargaman Park South – 22 Miles

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This hike, on August 29th, was really the continuation of Hike #27 moving south toward our link up with Hike #15 from back in April. Hiking from Bargaman Park south toward Blue Ridge Trailhead on highway 87, this hike would also be … Continue reading

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Hike #14 – Blue Ridge Trailhead North – 20 Miles

This was my first AZ Trail hike after being off trail for 4 months working the day job. Gained a little weight and boy was it hard to hike. Hiking partner Tom joined the fun and we were off down … Continue reading

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Trail #08 – Power Lines to Pine Hike – 12 Miles

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This hike was Tom’s first AZT hike done on 10-18-2016 and was to connect Hike #1 and Hike #8 together. A short little out and back 12 mile hike mainly along a telephone line trail just outside of Strawberry AZ and … Continue reading

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Hike #07 – Bushy Mesa – 12 Miles

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  This hike was completed on 10-11-2016 with my hiking nephew Eric in preparation for his 2017 AT Thru hike. With such we loaded up with full thru hiking packs of 32 pounds and set out for a short but … Continue reading

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Trail #05 – Blue Ridge Trailhead to Rim – 18 Miles

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Rain, hail and hike. In an effort to connect to where we left off on the Washington Trailhead to Rim hike, Eric and I started at the Blue Ridge Trailhead and headed south now toward the Mogollon Rim outside of … Continue reading

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Hike #04 – Washington Trailhead to Weber Trailhead – 17.5 Miles

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This hike you can do from the Weber Trailhead and head east or from the Washington Trailhead and head west. Both are accessible from “Control” road. We did Washington to Weber and in my opinion we goofed up… On the … Continue reading

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Hike #03 – Weber Trailhead to Pine Hike – 10 Miles

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  So up early in the morning on August 23rd 2016 to a text from my hiking partner and nephew Eric. “Dude….. been up on night… can’t hike today, Sorry”. Well… crap I thought, so now what to do…. I … Continue reading

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Hike #02 – Washington Trailhead to Rim – 19 Miles

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This was our second hike on the Arizona trail. Technically we started on this hike from Houston Mesa road due to the difficulty in finding the Washington Trailhead.  As you drive north on Houston Mesa road you will find a … Continue reading

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Hike #01 – Pine Trailhead – 20 mile

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This was my very first Arizona Trail hike. Being a little nervous and considering the two days of rain prior to the hike, I wanted to create a hike close to a paved easy access trailhead. Pine trailhead just south … Continue reading

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