This guide has completely updated information for 120 hikes in northern Arizona, including the Grand Canyon, with different routes suggested for each season. From short strolls to overnight desert adventures, this book contains new, easy-to-read maps, beautiful black and white photos, up-to-date trail information, routes for beginners and experts, anecdotal narratives, and wildlife descriptions along popular trails as well as those less traveled.

Two books in one, this hiking guide features 100 of Arizona's best hiking trails, and an authoritative guide to the natural history of the Grand Canyon State's landscape. Ganci's knowledge of native species and local conditions, accompanied by 30 line drawings and 15 maps, helps hikers learn to identify each region's geology, weather, plant and animal life.

Whether you are a day-tripper or long-distance hiker, old hand or novice, you'll find 120 trails suited to every ability and interest throughout northern Arizona.

Experience the natural beauty of Arizona. This guide gives directions, suggests what to wear and what to pack; gives elevations and hiking time, rates difficulty and much more information valuable to the hiker. Fifty great hikes for inexperienced and advanced hikers alike, over desert and mountain terrains throughout the state. Descriptions include trail highlights, time requirements, location, difficulty level, elevations and are accompanied by maps and photos.

This book describes 2015 and 2016 hiking and camping activities in Northern Arizona and Southern Utah. The hiking season started on 3 October 2015 with a hike from Long Canyon Road up Dry Creek and on into HS Canyon; it ended on 28 May with a combined hike to the Lookout on Apache Maid Mountain and then to the nearby site of the old T-Bar Ranch. Other hikes included were sections of General Crook Trail at Thirteen-Mile Rock Butte and to Kehl Spring along the Mogollon Rim, several hikes in the southern Black Hills Mountains, a trip to Geronimo's Spring and Cabin by way of a little-known trail from the top of Mingus Mountain, an exploration of the horse trails between Lower Red Rock Loop Road and Gooseneck Bend, a hike to Kendrick Peak by way of the Firewatcher Shortcut and a number other hikes in the Verde Valley Area.Near the end of the season, we camped out at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah and hiked Cockscomb Ridge to view the gorgeous, multicolored upended hills and rocks exposed by erosion in the uplift area of the East Kaibab Monocline. We then visited the site of the lost town of Pahreah on the bank of the Paria River, hiked down Wire Pass Gulch to Buckskin Gulch and visited the California Condor Viewing Area

In 2011, 25-year corporate veteran Sandy Van Soye had a dream to travel with a purpose. Out of this vision came the Trekking the Planet expedition. Sandy and her husband Darren left their jobs and traveled 14 months to 53 countries on six continents, bringing the subject of geography to life through stories, pictures, and videos from the road. Following their travels were 55,000 students in 20 countries. Darren and Sandy traveled to such places as the Phongsali province of Laos, the countries of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, the Tigray region of Ethiopia, and the Amazon Rainforest of Brazil. An integral part of their journey was a goal to complete 500 miles of demanding trekking in 12 of the most remote locations on the planet. More than just about their expedition, Trekking the Planet is the story of Sandy's perseverance in making her dream come true. This was put to the test while trekking in difficult conditions, narrowly missing a plane crash in Nepal, and being bitten by a vampire bat in Brazil. This book not only details these challenges, but how the dream of traveling with a purpose ended up giving back in its own special way, changing her life forever.

An extensive guide to the best hiking Arizona has to offer.