The old Moqui Stage route is the 70 mile one day ride that is very doable. The AZT shares part of this.
IMO the full AZT with all of the single track would be a bit tough on a loaded bike. Staying in a room and traveling light might make it more reasonable.
One option would be to ride the Stage route out and the AZT back. Or perhaps a mix of each in each direction. Speed thing up some by skipping some trail in each direction, but make things more interesting by adding some trail into each day.
I see the opening post is a couple of weeks old, guess I missed this the first time around.
Hope that helps.
Tim
thanks for the reply,we have not rode this yet due to the heat,but now concerned with the afternoon rains,might be a gooey mess!?
we are thinking of staying in a room,really wanted to ride mostly azt,but I guess time will only tell. have you ridden this route azttripper?