Southwest Backpacking & Gear Reviews

Camping, backpacking, outdoors

Arizona and New Mexico offer a wide array of backpacking, hiking, and off-road trails ready to be explored. This website tracks adventures throughout Arizona and New Mexico, offering ideas for trips and retreats, as well as gear reviews.

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View fullsize Village Backpacking Trip 2024, Eastern Arizona
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View fullsize Last Mineral Creek trip of 2024
View fullsize A much needed campfire. The temps dropped to 33*F!
View fullsize Top of Mount Wrightson, AZ. 9,456 ft
View fullsize Bear sighting in New Mexico. Everyone survived.
View fullsize Mineral Creek, NM mine ruins.
View fullsize “The Apple Tree” at Mineral Creek. Yes, there’s one apple tree at the halfway mark.
View fullsize Madera Canyon sunset
View fullsize Chiricahua National Monument
View fullsize Wilderness ministry group. Mineral Creek, NM.
View fullsize Mount Lemmon, Tucson, AZ. AZT
View fullsize South rim of the Grand Canyon
View fullsize Wilderness of Rocks, Mount Lemmon, Tucson, AZ in the snow. We were lucky we brought spikes…long story.
View fullsize Mineral Creek has about 40 creek crossings before camp. Can you find our crossing guard?
View fullsize Marshall Gulch Loop Trail, Mount Lemmon, Tucson, AZ. Fall colors!!!
View fullsize Mint Spring Trail, Mount Lemmon, Tucson, AZ
View fullsize Chiricahua National Monument, AZ
View fullsize Mineral Creek, one of my favorite places.
View fullsize Chiracauhua National Monument 2023

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