2021 GET Summary and Stats
I thru-hiked the Grand Enchantment Trail, starting outside of Phoenix, Arizona on March 18th, 2021 and finishing atop Sandia Peak, perched above Albuquerque, New Mexico on April 29th, 2021. The route was pretty much what I expected it to be. There were days that involved some of the hardest/crappiest hiking I’d ever done and some days that were fantastic for their scenery and remoteness. This was not a hike for winging-it. There were no signs or markers except for a few old Forest Service blazes here and there. GPS was extremely useful and I would argue, almost essential. Overall I found the navigation well within my abilities…that is to say it was fairly straight forward since I had done my[…]
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