Cracked: Stories from the Arizona Trail Race

The Arizona National Scenic Trail is an 800-mile,
mostly singletrack route from Mexico to Utah,
winding through Arizona’s diverse backcountry.
It is one of the premier long distance trails in the US.

Every fall, a group of bikepackers gathers at the Mexico
border for the opportunity to test themselves against
the trail, each other, and Arizona’s unforgiving landscapes.


This is a non-stop and self-supported
unofficial race to the Utah border called the Arizona Trail Race, or AZT800.

Throughout the event, racers can call in and
leave messages with stories from the trail.
This is a compilation of those stories, a look at how the
2024 event unfolded through the words of the racers.

Big thanks to Joe Polk at MTBCast for providing the racer call-in audio.