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Introducing the Grand Enchantment Trail 2021

The Grand Enchantment Trail (GET) is a roughly 800 mile wilderness tramping route across the Southwest U.S., connecting mountains, deserts, canyons, and cultural/historic places of interest. Beginning in the Sonoran desert near Phoenix Arizona, the route meanders eastward, crossing unique and diverse Sky Island mountain ranges, the Gila watersheds, the pine-studded Continental Divide, and the southernmost Rocky Mountains, where it descends dramatically to the outskirts of Albuquerque New Mexico at its terminus. The route incorporates about 70 miles of the AZT and 45 miles of the CDT. (Description by Brett Tucker) The GET was conceived of almost entirely by one man, Brett Tucker, AKA Blisterfree.  He has spent countless hours researching the best trails and routes to piece together, carefully[…]

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