Monthly Archive: April 2026

Mark’s Photos #6

The hottest section of the Arizona Trail (AZT) is arguably a 60-mile stretch just north of the small town of Oracle. Being the hottest is saying something, on a trail that is known for...

Bears!

I couldn’t believe it, but there they were. The grizzly sow and her cub had just come over the rise in the trail in front of us, not 30 feet away. The mom was...

Mark’s Photos #5

It was April first of 2021 and I was training for my upcoming hike on the Continental Divide Trail. On the day of this photo I was doing a 20 mile hike starting in...