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Phantom Ranch, at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, is turning 100 this month. But on the night of April 28, 1999, Warren Tracy was worried it wouldn’t make it to 80.
“There’s a big railroad bell that…
Editor's Note: Photographer Jay Dusard passed away on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025 at the age of 88. He was an architect, a horseman and a documentarian of the American West — of its people, its horses…
I don’t have much experience with dead wildlife. But I once had a friend who did quill work and was ecstatic when any of us found road-killed porcupines to take to him. I’ve also watched tribal…
Here in Arizona, as “the swift seasons roll” to bring Autumn leaves tumbling round our ears, I am reminded anew of the poet who urged America to know herself. Where else has that ringing challenge,…
Patrick Pynes and his partner, Sharon Lee Harris, live in a mountain oasis surrounded by natural beauty. Their 2.5-acre property northeast of Flagstaff offers a spectacular view of the San Francisco…
Have you ever looked up one day and realized the season has changed, like the tick of a minute hand on the clock? It was the day when rain took on a slight scent of snow, when midday light didn’t…
Hikes
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Arizona Trail (San Francisco Peaks Passage)
DIFFICULTY: Easy
ELEVATION: 8,928 to 9,000 feet
LENGTH: 15 miles round-trip (to Forest Road 418)
DIRECTIONS: From Flagstaff, go north on U.S.…
The touch of Midas is felt throughout the highlands at this time of the year and the Season’s touch has turned much of the green to gold. Is there anything in all of Nature so radiant as an aspen…