This page was getting large enough that I decided to categorize the information here. Click on the text link below to go to the desired category, or just have fun scrolling the page.

Backcountry Tips

Adventure Sports Online's Tips and Techniques

Fire Basics

5 Basic Survival Skills

Finding Water in the Desert

Staying Hydrated in Hot Climates

Canyon Country - Minimum Impact Practices

Following the "Leave No Trace" ideals, this page specifically addresses minimum impact to hiking in canyon country.

Finding Your Way With Map & Compass

USGS guide to using a compass with their maps.

Fit and Buy a Pack

What to consider for backpack selection from Chett Fromm's Backpacker Guide.

Hiking Equipment And Camping Gear Review on 9-23-06

Offers lots of great information about gear. Name the gear, and it is likely to be covered at this site.

Hiking In Arizona

Brief page on hiking tips. Also has link describing the 6 habitat zones in AZ.

How To Develop A Foot Trail In Your Town

Information to get you started and tips to keep you going.

How To Use A Compass

An online tutorial of how to use a compass. Has very good and basic graphics showing compass use.

Gear Guy

The Gear Guy at Outside Online answers people's questions while providing excellent tips.

Leave No Trace

An organization and philosophy devoted to outdoor ethics. This one is a must read for everyone who enjoys the outdoors.

L.L. Bean Day & Backcountry Hiking Information

Hints and tips for hiking.

Magnetic Declination FAQ

Use this link to find out where your compass is really pointing, and how to compensate for it.

Outdoor Learning Center

Plenty of tips provided online by REI.

Todd's Desert Hiking Guide

Excellent tips on warnings for hiking in the desert as well as hiking etiquette.

Chat, Newsgroups and Bulletin Boards

alt.rec.camping, rec.backcountry, rec.outdoors.camping

Newsgroups which are a good place to go for information or supply answers to people. I have submitted a request to add alt.rec.hiking to the list of newsgroups. Maybe if a few more people did the same, it would happen.

American Park Network

A newsgroup style of bulletin board concentrating on The National Parks.

Backpack Chat

Chat page that includes hikers. I've never tried this. Let me know what you think of it.

GORP Message Board

A bulletin board of threads on hiking. A separate section is available for Southwest hiking.

Backpacker Magazine Forums

Includes a Southwest Destination Forum.

Health Tips

Bite Fright

Advise on what to do should you cross the path of a poisonous snake, or get bit by one.

Desert Survival

Some tips from the people at Gold Canyon.

Killer Bees - What To Do If Attacked

Information on how to survive a Africanized (Killer) Bee attack.

First Aid & Safety Home Page

Wow! Talk about thorough information on outdoor safety subjects! IN DEPTH information on Hypothermia And Cold Weather Injuries and
Altitude Acclamitization and Illness.

Water Tips

Bare bones page with incredible amount of information about drinking water. There is info here on filters, disinfection, parasites (focusing on Giardia) and bacteria.

Outdoor Magazines and Information Sources

About Hiking

Online effort from the people at Mountain Zone.

Arizona Highways

Highlights in this online effort of Arizona's best-known magazine are the Hike of the Month, Virtual Visit, and Wildlife Portfolio.

Backpacker's Basecamp

Quality effort which includes several interactive areas in addition to a couple of new articles each week. It's hard to get bored at this site.

Cyberwest Magazine

Very good articles with a wide variety of outdoor topics. This effort is affiliated with GORP.

Desert USA

How did I ever miss this one? New content is added weekly. Highlights include Desert Life where you will find pictures and descriptions of animals, plants and the native people of the desert. I entered "Arizona" in their Search Engine and got 65 links to articles. I particularly enjoyed Shay Summers' entertaining account of Hiking the Grand Canyon.

GORP - Greater Outdoor Recreation Pages

Great source for outdoor activities. I have included most AZ related info that they have in my links, but there is all kinds of other useful information here to be had.

Mountain Zone - Hiking

Online magazine from Mountain Zone with a page set aside for hiking. This is one of the best online efforts for Hiking worldwide.

Outside Online Magazine

Excellent online magazine for outdoor activities. Periodically check their articles for AZ related information. Excellent search engine of archives.

Sierra and The Planet

Thought provoking magazines full of political articles from the Sierra Club. For an archive of Arizona-related articles use their search engine to enter "Arizona."

Weather

NOAA

If it is in-depth weather you are looking for, this is the site you want. Grand Canyon link includes Colorado River forecast. NOAA has three regional sites online - Flagstaff, Phoenix & Tucson.

U.S. National Weather Service

Click on a city for the most complete page on the internet covering current conditions. Text page links are available for storm watches, forecasts, summaries, etc.

USA Today

Click on a city for current conditions. Includes current conditions and forecasts for next 5 days.

Weather Underground

Click on a city for present condtions and 2-day forecast. Very thorough list of current conditions includes times for sunrise & sunset, as well as moon rise & phase. The Grand canyon page is one of the only two places I have found forecasts at the Colorado River.

Yahoo! Weather

Has present conditions, forecast for 4 days, and extended forecast.