PRT contributor Robert Gay has updated a map originally made by Maggie Urgo showing three loop trails off Harshaw Road.
Robert Gay
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Bikepacking on the Arizona Trail
The riders who tackle these routes are ultra-endurance athletes who push themselves day after day in a wild variety of conditions on our state’s iconic trail.
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A Spirited Gravel Weekend
After a year off for Covid, the Spirit World 100 (SW100) event returned to Patagonia on the first weekend in November, and the weather cooperated superbly. Race day, Saturday, was bracketed by warm-up and cool-down rides on Friday and Sunday, offering visitors a look at still more of the varied gravel-riding opportunities in our valleys […]
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Red Dots Near Us
Unlike a tombstone, these memorial markers have no names, dates, sayings, or mention of relatives. Just a red dot.
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South32 Shares Drilling Plans in Flux Canyon
At a gathering in the Town Park on Sept. 14, five South32 personnel, including Hermosa Project President Pat Risner, presented a proposal for an exploratory drilling project at the historical Flux Mine. The drilling, which will take place about a mile above the Flux Canyon residential area, will shortly pass through the Forest Service’s Schedule […]
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Marijuana Store Gets Thumbs Up
Despite opposition by some residents, the Patagonia Town Council approved a special use license for a recreational marijuana dispensary on July 14. Aari Ruben, of Tucson, is planning to open the dispensary in the former Cose Buene Restaurant building at 436 W. Naugle Ave. Earlier that evening, the Planning and Zoning (P & D) committee […]
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Patagonia – Mecca for Gravel Riders
Among cyclists, dirt riders have always distinguished themselves from “roadies,” those riders who prefer their pavements firm and smooth and their tires narrow, and who are more focused on speed than scenery. Among dirt riders, mountain bikers range from “boulder hoppers” and rough single-track riders, to those who prefer accumulating their miles on dirt roads […]
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Updates on the Rosemont Project
It was 2005 when Augusta Resources first started buying properties in Pima County. Sixteen years later, where does the Rosemont Project stand? The project has been in litigation for the last two years, with sustained public outcry as a steady background, around the major issues of water drawdown, air and water pollution, endangered wildlife, biodiversity, sacred […]
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Meet the PRT Writers
Introducing the writers who regularly contribute articles and columns to the Patagonia Regional Times. Look for more profiles in upcoming issues. Kat Crockett My wanderlust began in Hawaii, the second of five children. Dad was a career Naval Officer and mom a nurse who graduated from Patagonia High School in 1948 after grandpa moved there […]
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Wires in the Woods: A South32 Prospecting Project
Wires laid by Quantec Geoscience will provide a picture of subsurface mineral deposits in the Patagonia Mountains. Photo by Robert Gay In Feb. and March 2021, Quantec Geoscience LLC, under contract to South32, conducted ground-based field work for an exploration technique that analyzes electronically collected data to produce a spatial model of underground masses that […]