Hiking The Arizona National Scenic Trail - From Mexico to Utah

Program: Hiking The Arizona National Scenic Trail - From Mexico to Utah

Presenter: Andy "Captain Blue" Niekamp

Presented By: Springboro Library - Free & Open To The Public

Description: Take an 800-mile journey from the Mexico border to the Utah state line on the Arizona Trail (AZT) across the entire length of Arizona through deserts, mountains, forests, canyons, wilderness, and history. The AZT winds through the Sonoran Desert, the Superstition Mountains, and the Mazatzal Wilderness on its way to the Mogollon Rim and majestic San Francisco Peaks, through the Grand Canyon, and onto the North Rim conifer forests of the Kaibab Plateau. Learn how Andy endured sun, heat, rain, wind, snow, sketchy water sources, and trail closures on our nation's newest national scenic trail to complete this epic thru-hike in the spring of 2023.

Bio: Andy "Captain Blue" Niekamp has over 20,000 miles of backpacking experience including five end-to-end hikes on the 2,193 mile Appalachian Trail, a continuous footpath from Georgia to Maine that travels throughout 14 different states. He has also hiked the Buckeye Trail, Florida Trail, Arizona Trail, Colorado Trail, John Muir Trail, Sheltowee Trace, Long Trail, Ozark Highlands Trail, Superior Hiking Trail, Ohio To Erie Trail, and many other trails including the Camino de Santiago in Spain.

More Info: https://www.outdooradventureconnection.com/programs.php

Arizona Trail Association: https://aztrail.org/