On the fifth day of the trip, author Kevin Fedarko (left) and photographer Pete McBride traverse a stretch of terrain across from 29 Mile Canyon. | RICH RUDOW
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A Walk in the Park

In September 2015, Flagstaff writer Kevin Fedarko and his best friend, photographer Pete McBride, set off from Lees Ferry in a quixotic quest to walk...
The remnants of Ruby and Sherry Bowen’s desert home are preserved in Tucson Mountain Park. | Jeff Maltzman
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Out in the Desert

MORE THAN ONE TRAIL will take you to the old stone house in the hills west of Tucson. I like to begin at the Camino de Oeste Trailhead and follow the...
A sunlit slope in the Mount Logan Wilderness is awash with desert vegetation. The 14,650-acre wilderness area was designated in 1984. | JONATHAN BUFORD
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The Outside World

Yellow wildflowers surround a prickly pear cactus in this late-afternoon scene from the Coyote Mountains Wilderness, which stretches for 5,080...
Writer Tyler Williams surveys a significant rainstorm from the Mogollon Rim, east of Baker Butte. There, the Rim and the Arizona Divide make a sharp turn toward the east. | John Burcham
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There’s A Fine Line

THERE IS A LONE BRISTLECONE PINE that grows above timberline, on a slope of cinders. In winter, the tree emerges and hides with the passing of storm...
A building thunderstorm looms over the Kendrick Trail, in the Kaibab National Forest. | Laurence Parent
Hiking

Kendrick Trail

Kaibab National Forest On May 24, 2000, Mother Nature tossed a bolt of lightning at a ponderosa pine on the southwest side of Kendrick Peak. That...
Sunrise paints a meadow along Forest Road 249, or Three Forks Road, which is part of the Nutrioso Loop drive in the White Mountains of Eastern Arizona. | Rusty Childress
Scenic Drives

Nutrioso Loop

Nutrioso Loop White Mountains Nutria and oso are Spanish for “otter” and “bear,” respectively. But there aren’t any otters around the community...
Photo of Sycamore Cabin in late afternoon light is by Laurence Parent
Lodging

Sycamore Cabin

With every mile driven southeast on Forest Road 68 (Dugas Road), the scenery becomes more remote and beautiful. The buzz of Interstate 17 is replaced by an expansive prairie that eventually...
This 12-shot stitched panoramic image of the Wave in North Coyote Buttes, near the Arizona state line with Utah, was captured by Shane McDermott
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This Is My Story … By Shane McDermott

This is a 12-shot stitched panoramic image of the Wave in North Coyote Buttes, near the Arizona state line with Utah. I captured the image during a...