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Share Welcome back, Readers! Today, the third installment of a series we call Back(pack) to Basics with a general guide to Flagstaff, Arizona. If this is your first experience with this series, check out our editions on Sedona and the Grand Canyon. Here, we’re gathering everything you need to know about visiting Flagstaff in a [...]

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Share Today, we’re proud to present the second installment of a series we call Back(pack) to Basics with a general guide to Sedona, Arizona. We’ve included everything you need to know about visiting Sedona in a lightweight, easy-to-carry guide you can stuff in your “backpack” of travel resources and this year, visit the place USA [...]

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Share Dear Arizona Travel: I am planning to visit the US in late summer this year and would like to ask where to get some hiking maps of the Flagstaff surrounding area. Sincerely, Meinhard Good day, Meinhard. Here is a great resource from which to order National Forest Service hiking maps. Also helpful are the [...]

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Share Today, we kick off a series we’re calling Back(pack) to Basics series with a general guide to the Grand Canyon. We’ll answer all the basic questions about visiting the Grand Canyon in a lightweight, easy-to-carry guide you can stuff in your “backpack” of web resources and maybe even visit this Natural Wonder of the [...]

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Share Another timely and universal question from a visitor came in to our Flagstaff hotels and visitors guide, Flagstaff.com. I know lots of people want to know exactly when to come to Flagstaff to see fiery gold, red and orange fall foliage.  Today, Jared specifically wanted to know when to visit, where to stay and [...]

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Share Kendrick Trail in Flagstaff, Arizona is a great hike all around. If you are a regular hiker, this trail would be an enjoyable walk in the park with stunning flora and views along the way as well as a very satisfying 360 degree vista once you get to the top.  If you’re not a [...]

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Share Okay, that sounds like a mother’s advice.  And maybe that’s fitting, with Mother’s Day approaching this weekend. But what this post, another installment from guest blogger, Gregory Drambour, is  encouraging locals and Sedona visitors to do is learn from all the great messages we’ve heard in our lives – our mothers’ lectures (“Be responsible!”), [...]

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Share The National Weather Service has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for Grand Canyon Country. A storm system will move into Arizona on Sunday (Jan 27) with heavy rainfall possible. The Backcountry Information Center strongly recommends hikers watch the development of this storm closely. Most folks are unaware that historically the “biggest” Grand Canyon floods [...]

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Share Significant snowfall has occurred along the rim in the past couple of days. All trails are snow packed above Redwall and due to the amount of snow that fell, north facing and/or shaded trails and roads will be impacted for weeks to come. Access to the South Bass Trail is not recommended (maybe not [...]

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A Bright Angel Loop

Share January happens to be the time of year that many people begin planning their trips to the Grand Canyon. Who better to ask for a recommendation than someone who treks The Canyon for a living! Rob Sewell, an avid outdoors man who owns his own Grand Canyon guided tour company, wrote a small article [...]

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