Friday Fotos: Time to Hike Arizona’s Many Wonderful Trails

Doug Koepsel | Lockett Meadow, SF Peaks

In honor of our June Summer Hiking Guide, which features 10 of our favorite places to hit the trail, we asked you to share your photographs of life on the trail. Thanks to everyone who posted photos on Facebook. Once again, we have another fantastic gallery featuring Arizona’s beautiful landscape.

Keep posting, and we hope you’ll share this week’s gallery with your favorite peeps.

Enjoy!

Casey Stanford | Tail #1, Superstitions

Deanna Bailey | Clear Creek

Ron Pelton Jr | Lockett Meadow

Joel Rivera | Lost Dutchman State Park

JT Dudrow | Blue Mesa Trail, Petrified Forest

Nathaniel Smalley | Wet Beaver Creek Trail

Monika Ragland | Mt. Graham

Sarah Dolliver | Sedona

Randy Gibson | Humphrey’s Peak Trail

Bob Miller | West Fork

Rebecca Hewitt | Deer Creek Trail, GC

Jody M. Tanner | West Fork, Oak Creek Canyon

JT Dudrow | Tortilla Trail in Superstitions

Dean Andersen | Grand Canyon

Dave Anderson | Mt. Baldy, White Mountains

Debbie Filleman Detherage | Wet Canyon

Monika Ragland | Mt. Graham

Reid Helms | Inner Basin Trail, SF Peaks

Jeff Maltzman | West Fork Trail

Casey Stanford | Trail #2, Usery Mountain Regional Park

Brian Hudson Productions | Grand Canyon Trail

Gill Couto | Arizona Trail

Doug Koepsel | West Fork, Oak Creek

Maureen Isree | Snowbowl

Jamie Thomas | Snowbowl

Dean Andersen | Near Phantom Ranch, GC

Reid Helms | Blue Mesa Trail

Edward Doran | Sabino Canyon

Doug Koepsel | Lockett Meadow, SF Peaks

Tom White | Court House Rock

Jag Fergus | Trail 308, Granite Mountain Wilderness

Maureen Isree | Flagstaff

Sharon Joubert | Kachina Trail

Jon Matthies| Weatherford Trail, SF Peaks

Nina Schulz | Bisbee

Grand Canyon Summer Specials. Book Yours ASAP

Courtesy of Jeff Kida

Xanterra South Rim, an operator of overnight accommodations in Grand Canyon National Park, will again offer its “End of Summer” package this year and at the same prices as in 2011. The package features accommodations, breakfast, tour and retail discounts for less than the typical cost of just the room.

Available Aug. 26 – Sept. 6, 2012, the package features accommodations at Maswik Lodge or Yavapai Lodge, cafeteria breakfast for two, one in-park motorcoach tour for two and discounts in Xanterra gift shops of up to 20 percent. Rates are based upon double occupancy. Additional guests can share the room at $9 plus tax each. Breakfast and tour may be purchased separately.

The rate at Maswik Lodge is $169 per night plus tax and features accommodations in a “Maswik North” room, breakfast coupons, choice of a Hermits Rest motorcoach tour in the morning or Sunset motorcoach tour in the afternoon and a one-time gift shop discount good for 10 percent off purchases of $50-149.99 and 20 percent off purchases $150 and above.

The rate at Yavapai Lodge is $154 plus tax and features accommodations in a “Yavapai East” room, breakfast coupons, choice of a Hermits Rest motorcoach tour in the morning or Sunset motorcoach tour in the afternoon and a one-time gift shop discount good for 10 percent off purchases of $50-149.99 and 20 percent off purchases $150 and above.

Rack rates for rooms are normally $176 per night at Maswik North and $166 at Yavapai East. Rates do not include taxes.

In addition to operating lodging, restaurants and gift shops at the South Rim, Xanterra offers activities such as mule trips and motorcoach tours. Travelers may also wish to leave the car behind and arrive at the Grand Canyon via train on the Grand Canyon Railway as it makes its daily round trip from Williams, Ariz. There are also a variety of tours and activities in Grand Canyon Village with a self-guided walking tour of the historic district of Grand Canyon Village.

When reserving this package, guests need to use the promo code SUMMER online at http://www.grandcanyonlodges.com or call toll-free 1-888-297-2757 or 1-303-297-2757 from outside the United States. More information about Grand Canyon National Park can be obtained at http://www.nps.gov/grca or 1-928-638-7888.

Xanterra South Rim is an authorized concessioner of the National Park Service.

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