On the Arizona Trail, warmer, sometimes hostile landscapes forge new obstacles

After biking through the higher-elevation forests, Republic reporter Joan Meiners finds a different Arizona Trail below the ...
AZ Central

On the Arizona Trail, water lures thirsty hikers and windmills hold promise for energy

The Arizona Trail stretches 850 miles from the state's northern border with Utah to its southern border with Mexico. Republic reporter Joan Meiners is biking the trail, start to finish. On the Babbitt ...
Opinion

On the Arizona Trail, gold's legend and copper's lure color the search for quick solutions

As the Arizona Trail winds past the proposed Oak Flat copper mine, the search for climate solutions takes on new meaning.
AOL

On the Arizona Trail, rough tracks and changing climate test the limits of people and land

Over seven weeks this fall, Arizona Republic climate reporter Joan Meiners is biking the length of the 850-mile Arizona Trail from Utah to Mexico to report on how climate change is affecting the state ...
Outside

Can’t Thru-Hike the AT or PCT? We've Got the Perfect Thru-Hiking Sampler for You.

The most commonplace question about long-distance hiking is also the most complicated to answer: How do you find the resources—the time, the money, the petcare, the childcare—to walk into the woods ...
Arizona Daily Star

New border remediation may not be enough to restore Arizona Trail to what it was

Trail runner Lydia Jennings decided to celebrate completing her doctorate with a 50-mile run on the Arizona Trail. A member of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and an environmental microbiologist, she also did ...
Phoenix New Times

9 Things I Learned Biking the Arizona Canal Trail from Phoenix to Scottsdale

When I moved to Phoenix two months ago, I looked forward to a lot of things: dry heat, Mexican cuisine, and bicycling around town – but mostly the bicycling. Coming from the northeast, I had never ...