{"id":644,"date":"2022-10-29T12:20:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T19:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yetihikes.net\/wordpress\/?p=644"},"modified":"2026-03-21T20:10:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T03:10:45","slug":"arizona-trail-day-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yetihikes.net\/wordpress\/2022\/10\/29\/arizona-trail-day-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Trail Day 20: Whiterock Mesa"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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19.7 miles
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It was nice to sleep indoors and not have to deal with the cold for once. Fire and I got back to the trail before 9. Breaks was spending more time in town and leaving later in the day.<\/p>

The AZT has become more challenging to navigate the last couple days. They seem to have given up on trail markers. Many trail and road junctions have been completely unmarked, and that was the case this morning. We did a loop around the trailhead and arrived back at the parking lot since there were no markers. Shannon arrived with a couple more hikers and said to follow signs for Oak Springs. Turns out that didn\u2019t help much since there were multiple junctions without signs. It took careful looking at the GPS to sort it out, but we were finally on our way. Fire immediately stopped for a smoke break and I continued on.<\/p>

The day warmed up quickly, but I was also at lower elevation than I have been until now. The trail meandered a few ridges and mesas, going up and down and winding around. It is so great to have some relief in the landscape.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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