Trails of the GET

The Grand Enchantment Trail is entirely dependent upon the vast network of individual hiking trails that comprise the route, and these trails would cease to exist without the support of trail maintainers...

In the course of its 700+ mile length, the GET follows foot trails more than half the time, over 70 unique trails altogether from Phoenix to Albuquerque, and in no small way this trail network helps hold the GET together. While a primitive, challenging backcountry experience is to be embraced on a long-distance route of this sort, still the GET undeniably benefits from occasional trail maintenance, targeting those trails that are most in need, in order to maintain basic passage without undue hardship. With this in mind, we offer a comprehensive listing of the trails that the GET uses, alongside information that should be of use to those who wish to support the GET in a trail maintenance capacity. Please see the chart below.

In the past, the Grand Enchantment Trail has occasionally benefited from land management agency-supported trail maintenance that just so happened to coincide with the GET's routing. We would now like to extend the opportunity to interested parties to perform trail work specifically on behalf of the trails of the GET. While the GET is entirely conceptual in nature and does not exist as a distinct entity on the ground, the route nonetheless offers tangible benefits by promoting positive recreational opportunities on area ranger districts and through related tourism generated in the local communities. We also like to think of the GET as the excuse any dedicated trail crew may be looking for to get out there and help maintain the legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps for future generations. Indeed, this is an opportunity just waiting to happen.

The chart below highlights the primary maintenance needs of the trails of the GET. (The trails highlighted yellow can be considered most in need and/or of highest priority at this time.) If you would like to help in any capacity - be it organizing a work project or even just heading out with loppers and folding saw for an afternoon - please contact us here for more information about the specific trail(s) you'd like to help.

The trails are just waiting to say "thank you!"