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Five2Ride: The Best Bike Trails near Tucson, AZ
5 of the best mountain bike trails in Tucson, Arizona include the 50-Year Trail, Arizona Trail, Fantasy Island, La Milagrosa, and Sweetwater Preserve
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Everything You Need to Know About Mountain Biking Coconino National Forest
Arizona is rad, most mountain bikers will agree. Nothing quite compares to a desert sunset, the black silhouettes of saguaros illuminated by a full moon, or the rare sighting of a gila monster crawling over a rocky patch of decomposed granite. To complete the list of uniquely satiating attributes are a rewarding number of national forests, each …
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AZT Expeditions Launches First-Ever Trips on the Arizona Trail near Flagstaff
AZT Expeditions has just announced the addition of two new self-guided trips on the Arizona Trail to their lineup: Flagstaff to the Grand Canyon and Flagstaff to Mormon Lake. These trips are notable because they “represent the first commercial mountain biking permitted by Coconino National Forest’s Flagstaff Ranger District in recent memory,” according to a …
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100 Miles in the Sonoran Desert: Oracle to Picketpost on the Arizona Trail
The 800 mile-long Arizona Trail spans the state, from Mexico north to Utah. It was conceived in the 1970s, by Dale Shewalter who, in 1985, walked it to check out the possibilities. Over the next 30 years, his concept became a reality and has gained National Scenic Trail status. The many people and entities who worked …
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The Birth of AZT Expeditions: Self-Guided Riding on the Arizona Trail
“Remember, EVERYTHING here HURTS!” said Matt McFee, founder and director of AZT Expeditions, as our group prepared to roll out. The nine riders were poised to set out on the first of four days riding in the Sonoran Desert on a 100-mile segment of the Arizona Trail. Matt was actually riding as a participant, with …
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