AZT Thru-Hike itinerary
Every mile marker on the AZT Thru-Hike route, in order, with the distance and elevation change between each one, and which permit each stretch needs. To set alerts for your dates, go to the Arizona Trail Thru-Hike permit page.
Which permit covers this route
The AZT Thru-Hike. One reservation is a trailhead or zone plus an entry date; you roam after that, issued by walk-up.
- Stops mapped
- 8
- Across the markers
- 800.0 mi
- Published route length
- 800 mi
- Ascent, at least
- 4,704 ft
How long it takes: 6-8 weeks (typical thru-hike pace). That is the figure the permit publishes. This page does not divide the route into days, because no source records which stop you sleep at.
The stops below are the route's published mile markers, in order, with the elevations recorded against each one.
Distance and elevation change on each leg are the difference between the two published figures either side of it, so the legs are arithmetic on the markers and nothing more.
The AZT Thru-Hike route, stop by stop
Mile 0.0
5,910 ft
Coronado National Memorial / Southern Terminus (Border Monument 102)
The AZT's southern terminus at the US-Mexico border, in the Huachuca Mountains near Sierra Vista.
25.7 miles · 348 ft up to Canelo Hills (Passages 2-3)
Mile 25.7
6,258 ft
Canelo Hills (Passages 2-3)
Rolling oak grassland passages between the Huachucas and Santa Ritas.
161.8 miles · 2,885 ft up to Redington Pass / Santa Catalina Mountains (Passages 10-11)
Mile 187.5
9,143 ft
Redington Pass / Santa Catalina Mountains (Passages 10-11)
Passes north of Tucson through the Santa Catalinas, with a Pusch Ridge Wilderness bypass.
187.0 miles · 1,515 ft down to Four Peaks (Passage 20)
Mile 374.5
7,628 ft
Four Peaks (Passage 20)
Distinctive four-summit ridge visible from Phoenix, on Tonto National Forest land.
195.9 miles · 388 ft down to Mormon Lake / Anderson Mesa (Passages 29-30)
Mile 570.4
7,240 ft
Mormon Lake / Anderson Mesa (Passages 29-30)
Ponderosa pine plateau country south of Flagstaff.
185.3 miles · 1,471 ft up to Kaibab Plateau (Passages 40-42)
Mile 755.7
8,711 ft
Kaibab Plateau (Passages 40-42)
Forested plateau north of the Grand Canyon, through Kaibab National Forest.
38.8 miles · 2,236 ft down to Vermilion Cliffs view / Buckskin Mountain (Passage 43)
Mile 794.5
6,475 ft
Vermilion Cliffs view / Buckskin Mountain (Passage 43)
The final passage, managed by the BLM Arizona Strip Field Office, offers views of Vermilion Cliffs National Monument before descending to Coyote Valley.
5.5 miles · 1,487 ft down to Stateline Campground / Northern Terminus (Utah border)
Mile 800.0
4,988 ft
Stateline Campground / Northern Terminus (Utah border)
The AZT's northern terminus, in Coyote Valley on the Arizona-Utah state line, at Stateline Campground.
Getting a AZT Thru-Hike for the dates you want
Planning the route is the easy half. AZT Thru-Hike dates go fast, and the ones that come back are cancellations. They return to the booking system without warning and are gone again quickly. PermitSnag checks AZT Thru-Hike around the clock and alerts you the moment a date opens.