Arizona Trails

Like your life and limbs intact? Then you'd better get skilled before visiting these trails.

These 9 difficult hikes will challenge even the toughest backpackers.

Plague poses a risk to rabbits, rodents, squirrels--and people.

The new state park lodging options have special intro rates through October.

We’re all for tagging summits, but the best way to experience a peak? Hike around it. You’ll see a mountain’s many faces on a single, peak-circling loop. These 14 trips circumnavigate the best of the best.

Even with multiple heat-related rescue calls this summer, Parks and Recreation says hikers can keep hiking.

Rainfall and the upcoming monsoon season reduced fire danger across Arizona.

Someone spray-painted seven iconic cacti last week.

Popular destinations like Angel's Landing and Upper Emerald Pools are inaccessible due to mudslides and rockfall.

Parts of the Coconino, Kaibab, and Tonto National Forests are now welcoming hikers and campers as wildfire threat eases.

Campers have fled Havasupai Campground and will be helicoptered out of the Grand Canyon, reports say.

This desert kingdom claims some of the most diverse terrain of any urban center in the country.

A woman's golden retriever took a snakebite to the face on an Arizona trail.

A huge increase in visitation is causing overcrowding and safety issues at the iconic overlook.

Arizona Game and Fish moved a healthy, 75-pound bear to the Galiuro Mountains.

A dispute about the concessionaire who runs the shuttle is to blame.

Rangers at Chiricahua National Monument are offering $60,000 for tips to help solve the mystery a ranger who never returned from a hike.

How and why the forests decide to implement fire restrictions--and why they sometimes don't work.

Starting now, annual pass holders will receive Arizona Highways gratis.

This year's fires haven't been as bad as in years past, but most have been caused by people.

On its 50th birthday, the National Scenic Trails system boasts nearly 19,000 miles. Not sure where to start? We’ve scoured the whole network to bring you the best 50 miles.

The city's park district is pushing a campaign to prevent hiking emergencies during sweltering temps.

Parts of the Tonto, Coronado, and Prescott National Forests will waive fees for National Get Outdoors Day, June 9.

The forests have shuttered sections because of extreme wildfire risk.