Life Coach in Troon, AZ

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Living the human experience is a beautiful, complex journey. It's filled with peaks and valleys of pleasure and pain, both physical and emotional. It seems so simple when we're children, but things change as we grow: we begin to form our own opinions, develop romantic relationships, build a career, and work our way through life. With age comes maturity and personal development, but all too often, we grow older without learning how to manage and accept our emotions, thoughts, and relationships. This causes us to get stuck, and for some, they then stay stuck - trapped in a vicious cycle of self-doubt, judgement and negativity.

Sound familiar? If so, ask yourself if you are suffering from any of the following:

Unresolved childhood trauma
Grief, loss, and betrayals in life that you can't get past
Harmful patterns that keep you stuck in a rut, with no hope of moving forward
Anxiety about your personal or work life
Anger, insecurity, and stress that gets the best of you
Codependency and people pleasing-problems that leave you emotionally bankrupt
Family or romantic relationship issues that you can't handle or resolve
Negative thoughts and self-criticizing problems equating to "I'm not good enough" and "I can't succeed."
Overthinking and racing thoughts that distract you during the day and keep you up at night
Lack of motivation or purpose in your life
Low self-worth, self-love, and lack of personal development

If you're struggling because you aren't sure what to do next or how to change your life for the better, know that you aren't alone. Millions of people just like you aren't where they want to be in life. Fortunately, your personal growth life coach in Troon, AZ, is here to help you reimagine, refocus, and rebuild your life for the better.

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We All Suffer at Times. Now, Lets Do Something About It

If you're reading this page, chances are you're not exactly happy with how your life is going. And that's okay. You're in a safe place.

Finding the right person to speak with about the personal growth issues in your life is challenging. Some life coaches in Troon only see you as a transaction - a means to make money and provide unhelpful, mediocre services. Christy Maxey is the anthesis of uneducated, fly-by-night life coaches. She has worked with thousands of people just like you and has built a reputation of helping people as their life coach in Troon and throughout Arizona, as well as with clients all over the world.

As a former therapist, Christy uses an effective system of evidenced-based concepts, tools, and exercises like trauma-informed coaching, inner child healing and EMDR to uncover true self-worth. Christy's signature system, the Maxx Method, helps develop emotional intelligence and provides life-long skills that will help guide you in relationships with yourself and others.

Remember: you are not broken YOU ARE NOT BROKEN. There is nothing wrong with you. And, it doesn't have to take years of therapy to get the results you are hoping for

The Maxx Method Difference

Many people use go to therapy but see few results. They've tried reading books, listening to podcasts, and maybe even hired a life coach. But at the end of the day, they're still struggling with root issues that cause stress, anxiety, and feelings of helplessness.

Christy Maxey has developed The Maxx Method, an evidenced-based path to Personal Development, Healing and Emotional Intelligence. When you work with Christy Maxey as your life coach, you will spend your time together getting to the root cause of your problems. You'll answer questions like:

How are you holding yourself back?
What limiting beliefs do you have?
What are you resisting?
How are self-doubt and judgment keeping you stuck?
How is your past STILL affecting you now?
Where is your anxiety coming from?

Often, we don't know the answers to these questions without help. Unfortunately, many therapists and life coaches in Troon, AZ lack focus. They encourage you to talk about your day, week, and month. They get a general sense of what is bothering you, but before any real work is done, your therapy session is over. In the end, you see few results and you're left reeling with more anxiety and stress than before.

Clients choose Christy Maxey as their personal development life coach because she gets right to the issues without wasting your time. She pulls on her vast experience to heal men and women of all ages, using traditional techniques from psychology and psychotherapy combined with results-oriented coaching. Christy always emphasizes honesty, compassion, and accountability, so you get real benefits and real efficiency with her coaching.

If you're ready to be re-introduced to your authentic self, your journey starts here.

Men's Personal Development Growth Coaching in Troon, AZ

Men in today's society often fight against strong feelings of stress, anger, and self-defeating patterns that keep them stuck in a rut. Unfortunately, many men are socialized to ignore their feelings and inner experiences. As a men's therapist and life coach for more than 20 years, Christy Maxey has the techniques and experience to break down the barriers keeping men from living the life they want.

Men deserve compassion, but they also deserve high expectations and positive confrontation when necessary. Unlike some life coaches in Troon, Christy's approach doesn't allow men to hide behind insecurity and grandiosity. Male clients choose Christy because she pushes them to live to their true potential without wasting time.

Coaching Men with Relationship Issues

Relationships don't always come easily and we are not taught how to have healthy, secure relationships. Challenges can be hard to overcome without help. If any of the following problems sound familiar, life coaching with Christy Maxey could be the solution:

Difficult Relating to Partner
Repeating Negative Patterns in Relationships
Feelings of Loneliness
Feeling Misunderstood

Coaching Men with Stress

Stress is the leading root cause of disease. Although men are taught to "just deal with it," that's not the best answer. With Christy Maxey as your life coach, you can address issues with:

No Appreciation for Hard Work
Pleasing Everyone Except Yourself
Exhaustion without Physical Activity
Feelings of Unhappiness and Lack of Motivation

Coaching Men with Anger

It's no wonder that men suffer from aggression and anger when we tell them to turn off their emotions. Life coaching can help you overcome:

Aggressive Behavior
Outbursts of Anger
Career Issues
Relationship Issues
Verbal Aggression and Abuse

If you're a man open to working through your problems to better yourself, there's good news. Christy Maxey's proven, efficient life coaching system can help you be the father, husband, friend, and self that you truly want to be. With the right tools and guidance, you can live life with less anger and stress. And with the right tools, you can focus on finding your voice without resorting to aggression.

Women's Personal Development Growth Coaching in Troon, AZ

Women are beautiful, unique individuals. But many seem to suffer from the same universal theme - an inner critic that hinders true growth and sabotages them from a fulfilling, happy life.

As a therapist, Christy Maxey spent much of her time working directly with women just like you. Christy combines an incredible depth of knowledge and guidance with life coaching energy, uncovering your true potential as a woman, free of dysfunction.

Unfortunately, no matter what women do as mothers and employees, many believe that they're never good enough. They feel like they're not worthy, not lovable, and not strong.

If you feel like you're unworthy of success and happiness, it's time for a change. It's time to look in the mirror and take care of yourself, not someone else.

If you're ready to reclaim the life you deserve, your journey to success starts with women's life coaching in Troon. Here are just a few areas that Christy Maxey helps women break free of the chains that keep them down:

Coaching Women Suffering from Pleasing & Codependency

Many women today do everything for everybody else but don't take time to heal or explore personal development. Personal development growth coaching from Christy Maxey can help you address these common issues:

Self-Medicating to Cover Up Feelings of Inadequacy
Feeling like You've Lost Yourself
People Taking Advantage of Your Kindness
Over-Providing for Others

Coaching Women with Unpleasant Emotions

Many women are unsure of how to untangle the mess of emotions they go through. Life coaching in Troon can help you manage your emotions and find the clarity and love you need in your life. Does this sound like you?

Feelings of Shame and Guilt
Issues with Your Career or Job
Unhappiness with Others' Behaviors
Bouts of Sobbing That Lead to Anxiety and Depression

Coaching Women with Self-Confidence Issues

Though every life is valuable, society triggers many women to de-value themselves as they grow older. One of the core components of Christy's life coaching is to help women value who they are. Self-confidence can help by:

Highlighting Positive Attributes Over Shortcomings
Finding Solutions to Confidence Issues
Teaching You How to Love Yourself, Flaws and All
Giving You the Tools to Assert Yourself Without Guilt

If you're a woman and you're ready for change, we've got great news. Women's coaching with Christy is all about change and focus. It's active and experiential coaching that will keep you engaged and accountable to yourself. The result? A life bursting with happiness, fulfillment, and joy.

EMDR Coaching in Troon, AZ

EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing, is a powerful technique used to heal people from distressing and disturbing life experiences. EMDR Coaching with Christy Maxey allows the mind to heal from psychological trauma much quicker than traditional therapy methods.

When we go through traumatic experiences, we often associate those events with negative beliefs and emotions like feelings of shame, anger, and inadequacy. EMDR helps the mind reprocess the life-changing event, allowing the client to heal and live a life they love.

Is EMDR Right for You?

Many people are reluctant to try EMDR because of poor results from previous attempts. Christy Maxey's EMDR Coaching includes guided visualization and inner child healing for a more robust approach. This tactic is part of Christy's Maxx Method - a life-changing framework for personal development.

What is the Maxx Method?

You may have received help from a therapist or life coach in Troon, AZ, in the past, only to fall back into bad habits and self-destruction. If that sounds like you, chances are you never addressed the underlying cause of your problems. You cut the weed but never removed the root.

The Maxx Method is a six-part holistic system of evidenced-based tools, exercises, and concepts, developed to help you achieve maximized personal development.

EMDR and the Maxx Method are not only used for extreme traumas. They can be very helpful for common memories and events that foster feelings of low self-esteem and powerlessness, too. These methods were developed to help manage unpleasant emotions, show you how to find deep love, and heal old wounds that keep you stuck.

EMDR and the Maxx Method could be right for you if you have experienced:

Social Anxiety
Loss, Betrayal, and Grief
Negative Core Beliefs
Hurt, Anger, and Sadness
Overthinking
Low Self-Esteem
Lack of Confidence

Break Out of Your Comfort Zone and Be Proud of Your True Self

The world is changing. People are finally learning how to manage their own human experiences. But we can't do it alone. Christy Maxey is here to guide you on the path to a positive, guilt-free life. If you're ready to look inward, find peace, and develop the skills to love your true self, you're in the right place. After all, you've been suffering long enough.

When you work with Christy, you'll be on a fast track to the truth - no beating around the bush or wasting time. Christy's methods are gentle but firm, compassionate yet driven. You will learn, you will transform, and you will be happy because it's you who did the work. It's time to face your fears head-on, so you can't play the victim card anymore. You're capable of great relationships, healthy self-confidence, and of doing something with your life. If you're sick and tired of being stuck, this is your chance to get out of that rut.

Ready to learn to value yourself and live the life that you deserve? Contact Christy Maxey today for your free 15-minute consultation.

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Scottsdale golf company Troon acquires growing caddie tech platform

Troon LLC, the Scottsdale-based golf management and hospitality company, is continuing to expand with acquisitions, most recently acquiring a company that uses technology to enhance the golfer-caddie experience.Troon said it will make a significant investment in the newly acquired company, ClubUp, whose technology is in use at 65 golf clubs in the U.S., including in Arizona. It provides an online platform for more than 8,000 independent contractor caddies to make their services available, and its technology helps in the process of sch...

Troon said it will make a significant investment in the newly acquired company, ClubUp, whose technology is in use at 65 golf clubs in the U.S., including in Arizona. It provides an online platform for more than 8,000 independent contractor caddies to make their services available, and its technology helps in the process of scheduling and communicating with caddies working at partner properties.

The Scottsdale company said it plans to expand and enhance the current ClubUp platform, adding features that partner clubs have been asking for.

“We are proud, and extremely excited, to bring ClubUp into the Troon family of brands and services offered to the industry,” Troon President and CEO Tim Schantz said in a statement. “The ClubUp technology is second to none, with smart, dedicated and hard-working leaders who will continue to support the product, business and ClubUp clients moving forward. We are excited to see the next chapter for ClubUp and support their continued dedication to their impressive roster of existing clients and those to come.”

ClubUp was founded in 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina by CEO Matthew Rose and his brother, Michael. The company’s team will remain in place, and Matthew Rose said its business model and operations will remain unchanged. ClubUp made its first foray into the Valley market in 2017, when it partnered with Desert Mountain Golf Club in Scottsdale.

In 2018, the company raised $630 million in funding through a seed round.

Second Troon acquisition so far this year

So far in 2022, ClubUp has added 25 new partner clubs to its roster, which includes National Golf Links, Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Los Angeles Country Club, Ridgewood Country Club and Cherry Hills Country Club.

“The support and investment from Troon will enable us to add even more value to our customers,” Rose said in a statement. “The time was right for ClubUp to be acquired and Troon was the ideal partner to help us take the next step as a leading golf technology company."

Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

Troon provides services at more than 680 locations around the world — including the management of more than 665 18-hole equivalent golf courses. It also provides services in homeowner association management, private residence clubs, estate management and associated hospitality venues.

Earlier this year, Troon also acquired Florida-based ICON Management Services, a golf, tennis, amenity and community association management company. Last December Troon added 30 clubs to its portfolio with the acquisition of tennis management company Peter Burwash International, or PBI, saying at the time that it was another step toward its goal to become a leader in the racket sports industry.

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10 already sold at 37-lot Rosewood Highlands in Storyrock

Rosewood Homes announced the start of model home construction and pre-sales with 10-homes already sold at its new 37-lot Rosewood Highlands neighborhood in Storyrock in Scottsdale. Rosewood’s new gated neighborhood offers some of the most beautiful homesites in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area surrounded by the 30,000-acre McDowell Sonoran Preserve with sweeping 360-degree views of the McDowell Mountains, Four Peaks and Troon Mountain.Rosewood’s organica...

Rosewood’s organically designed neighborhood maximizes open space, privacy and views with most homesites offering 2/3rds to over 1-acre along with custom quality, single-story residences ranging from 4,034 to 5,731 square feet plus oversized 3 and 4-car garages with upscale standard features in a choice of interior design styles. Each residence is also designed for seamless indoor-outdoor living with courtyards, large covered loggias and expansive walls of glass to maximize mountain views and enjoy proximity to the largest Urban Preserve in America’s lower 48-States.

Rosewood Highlands offers a vast range of authentic architectural detailing with a choice of 6-exterior styles including Desert Contemporary, Desert Modern, Ranch Hacienda, Spanish, Italian Revival and Spanish Revival. Custom quality construction materials include soaring 12-foot ceilings with large Anderson picture windows, custom iron and glass front doors, 8-foot-tall solid core interior doors with Baldwin door hardware, custom cabinetry including dove-tailed drawers along with self-closing doors and drawers, quartz or granite countertops, and Wolf, Asko and Sub-Zero appliances.

Pre-sale pricing at Rosewood Highlands is from the high $1 millions. Appointments to secure pre-sale pricing and choice of lots are available by contacting Lennon Kaler at lkaler@rosewoodhomes.com or by calling Lennon at 480-970-1900.

Rosewood also recently began model home construction and pre-sales at its nearby Rosewood Canyon neighborhood in Storyrock with pre-sale prices from the mid $1 Million’s. The 19-home Rosewood Canyon neighborhood is directly adjacent to the McDowell Sonoran Preserve while offering beautiful open space on three sides and convenient access to miles of walking and hiking trails. Custom quality single-story residences at Rosewood Canyon range from 3,650 to 4,250 square feet with most lots ranging from 2/3 to 3/4 acre with each backing to natural open space.

“Our Rosewood Canyon and Rosewood Highlands neighborhoods at Storyrock offer the most gorgeous homes and locations that I’ve had the privilege of building in my 36-year homebuilding career” said David Kitnick, President and Founder of Rosewood Homes.

Appointments to secure pre-sale pricing and first choice of lots at Rosewood Canyon are now available by contacting Shannon Lewis at slewis@rosewoodhomes.com or by calling Shannon at 480-786-2002.

Blackstone Country Club events raise more than $211,400 for local charities

Peoria, Ariz. (August 9, 2022) – Members and guests of Blackstone Country Club at Vistancia in Peoria, Ariz. have raised more than $211,400 for various charities and causes over the last eight months. Through a combination of golf tournaments, raffles, silent auctions, donations and bocce ball tournaments, dozens of charities and hundreds of individuals in need have benefitted from the private club’s fundraising events.Charity events held at Blackstone Country Club, located in the beautiful Vistancia community in Ph...

Peoria, Ariz. (August 9, 2022) – Members and guests of Blackstone Country Club at Vistancia in Peoria, Ariz. have raised more than $211,400 for various charities and causes over the last eight months. Through a combination of golf tournaments, raffles, silent auctions, donations and bocce ball tournaments, dozens of charities and hundreds of individuals in need have benefitted from the private club’s fundraising events.

Charity events held at Blackstone Country Club, located in the beautiful Vistancia community in Phoenix’s Northwest Valley, include:

· The Knights of Columbus’ 21^st Annual Golf Fore Charity event was held in April at Blackstone and raised $37,500 for three different charities, including St. Vincent DePaul, Annunciation Catholic School scholarships, and Our Lady of Joy special projects.

· The Singletons 12^th Annual Charity Golf Outing raised $83,003 during its April event. Over the last 12 years, the event has raised $733,550 for The Singletons, an Arizona-based, nonprofit devoted to meeting the needs of single-parent families battling cancer by providing strength, hope, resources and community.

· The Peoria Chamber of Commerce’s Third Annual First Responders Golf Tournament held in January raised more than $10,000 for Peoria first responders.

· Last December, a Toys for Tots event raised $5,980 in donations, plus 1,278 toys and 71 bikes.

In addition to charity golf tournaments, Blackstone Country Club also conducted a May blood drive, which collected 30 different blood components impacting the lives of 90 local hospital patients with transfusable medicines.

"Blackstone Country Club and our membership take great pride in the club’s charitable efforts,” said Blackstone Country Club General Manager Patrick Denney, PGA. “We are involved in our community and utilize our platform and amenities to help raise funds for those who need a helping hand. We are very fortunate to have a membership who is willing and eager to lend their club to these organizations, as well as volunteer their time to be directly involved in the planning and execution of these charitable events. All of our events benefit homegrown or local organizations within Peoria or Maricopa County, which makes a direct impact at the community level."

Surrounded by the dramatic natural vistas of the Sonoran Desert, Blackstone Country Club offers its members an unparalleled lifestyle experience for the entire family, complete with an incredible clubhouse designed by renowned Scottsdale-based architect Bing Hu of H&S International and an award-winning golf course. Located in Peoria, approximately 30 minutes northwest of downtown Phoenix, Blackstone Country Club at Vistancia features a 30,000- square-foot, Hacienda-style clubhouse, home to casual and formal dining, 24-hour state-of-the-art fitness center, lighted tennis courts for recreational and tournament play, resort-style pool with private cabanas, lap pool and children’s play area. Ranking Arizona Magazine voted the club’s Jim Engh-designed, par 72 championship golf course the “No. 1 Private Golf Course in Arizona.” Blackstone Country Club offers several membership options including equity golf and social memberships along with junior golf and corporate memberships. Residence in Blackstone or Vistancia is not required for club membership.

About TroonBlackstone Country Club at Vistancia is managed by Troon Privé, the private club operating division of Troon. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., Troon is the world’s largest golf and golf-related hospitality management company providing services at 680-plus locations around the globe, including managing 665-plus 18-hole equivalent golf courses. In addition to golf, Troon specializes in homeowner association management, private residence clubs, estate management and associated hospitality venues. Troon’s award-winning food and beverage division operates and manages 670-plus food and beverage operations located at golf resorts, private clubs, daily fee golf courses and recreational facilities. With properties located in 45-plus states and 30-plus countries, Troon’s family of brands includes Troon Golf, Troon Privé, Troon International, Indigo Sports, CADDIEMASTER, Peter Burwash International, True Club Solutions, Cliff Drysdale Tennis, RealFood Hospitality, Strategy and Design, Casa Verde Golf, and ICON Management Services. For additional news and information, visit www.Troon.com.

67 Troon-affiliated courses named Golfweek’s best

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Scottsdale-based Troon, the leader in providing golf and club-related leisure and hospitality services, announced that 67 of its brand-affiliated courses were recently named to Golfweek’s 2022 Best Courses lists. A total of 51 daily-fee/resort properties appear on Golfweek’s 2022 “Best Courses You Can Play, State-by-State” list, while 16 private clubs were named to the “Best Private Courses, State-by-State” ranking. In addition, 10 Troon-affiliated courses appear on Golfweek’s prestigious “Top 100 Best Courses You Can Play” ranking, while eight are on the “Top 200 Modern Courses” list.

Golfweek’s elite team of more than 850 course evaluators determine the annual selection of the country’s best public and private layouts. Each year, the raters survey over 3,600 facilities, grading each following Golfweek’s 10 strict evaluation standards. The magazine then ranks the best classic, modern, resort and residential courses nationally as well as the best private and public courses in each state.

Affiliated courses named to Golfweek’s Best include:

No. T-18 Kapalua Plantation Course – Maui, Hawaii

No. T-20 Gamble Sands – Brewster, Washington

No. 38 Mystic Creek Golf Club – El Dorado, Arkansas

No. 50 Giants Ridge Golf & Ski Resort (Quarry) – Biwabik, Minnesota

No. T-65 Cascata – Las Vegas, Nevada

No T-69 Yocha Dehe at Cache Creek Casino – Brooks, California

No. 75 Princeville Makai Golf Club – Kauai, Hawaii

No. T-88 Wickenburg Ranch Golf & Social Club – Wickenburg, Arizona

No. 93 Rawls Course at Texas Tech – Lubbock, Texas

No. T-94 Quintero Golf Club – Peoria, Arizona

No. T-37 Kapalua (Plantation Course) – Maui, Hawaii

No. 46 Gamble Sands – Brewster, Washington

No. T-104 Pronghorn (Fazio) – Bend, Oregon

No. T-135 Giants Ridge Golf & Ski Resort (Quarry) – Biwabik, Minnesota

No. T-151 Champion Hills – Henderson, North Carolina

No. T-168 The King Kamehameha Golf Club – Maui, Hawaii

No. T-182 Cascata – Las Vegas, Nevada

No. T-199 Princeville Makai Golf Club – Kauai, Hawaii

No. 2 Wickenburg Ranch Golf & Social Club, Wickenburg

No. 3 Quintero Golf Club, Peoria

No. 7 Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club, Maricopa

No. 9 Troon North Golf Club (Monument), Scottsdale

No. 10 Troon North Golf Club (Pinnacle), Scottsdale

No. 14 Boulders Resort & Spa (South), Scottsdale

No. 16 The Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa (Ridge/Canyon), Tucson

No. 17 Boulders Resort & Spa (North), Scottsdale

No. 20 Papago Golf Club, Phoenix

No. 23 Whirlwind Golf Club (Cattail), Chandler

No. 27 Sedona Golf Resort, Sedona

Snow seen falling at Troon North in Scottsdale; rain falls across metro Phoenix

The impossible has happened yet again — snow was sighted in Scottsdale.According to the National Weather Service's Phoenix office, cold air caused a freezing effect at a lower elevation than typical, causing a brief but beloved snowfall at Troon North Golf Club and its surrounding neighborhood.“For about 20, maybe 30 minutes at most we had some snow going on,” Ryan Martin, an assistant professional at Troon North Golf Club, told The Arizona Republic. “We had all the golfers pretty much com...

The impossible has happened yet again — snow was sighted in Scottsdale.

According to the National Weather Service's Phoenix office, cold air caused a freezing effect at a lower elevation than typical, causing a brief but beloved snowfall at Troon North Golf Club and its surrounding neighborhood.

“For about 20, maybe 30 minutes at most we had some snow going on,” Ryan Martin, an assistant professional at Troon North Golf Club, told The Arizona Republic. “We had all the golfers pretty much come in. Everyone started hanging out in the restaurant; they were kind of taking videos and chuckling about it.

“Obviously it was really cold. We had a lot of people from the Midwest who were not very happy. They had thought they had gotten away from it, but it didn’t happen,” he continued.

Despite its short duration, Wednesday's snowfall in Scottsdale stirred the National Weather Service to investigate thanks to a single report of snow along Loop 101.

James Sawtelle, meteorologist with the weather service in Phoenix, said they were investigating whether it was snow or instead graupel, an ice-based substance that accumulates on the ground and looks close to hail. Snow also fell in Scottsdale in January 2021, although that time, a storm system also brought graupel to parts of Phoenix.

Either way, it likely won't happen again this week.

“It won’t last very long and the accumulations will not be as significant. It will be turning back to rain, and then the rain is going to rapidly taper off in the later part of the afternoon and into the early evening," Sawtelle said.

"We’ll still have some chance of some additional isolated showers until 8 p.m., but the scattered showers will probably last until 6 or 6:30 p.m.,” he continued.

Light rain blanketed much of metro Phoenix on Wednesday with areas from Gilbert and east Mesa to Glendale receiving between a third and a half of an inch of rain as of 6 p.m. Phoenix, Tempe, west Mesa and the South Mountain areas received closer to .15 to .3 inch of rainfall.

The northeast edge of the Valley including Troon North and Cave Creek saw the most precipitation, with one rain gauge in Carefree measuring 0.91 inch and one in Fountain Hills measuring 0.94 inch.

Northern Arizona sees inches of snow

The snow sighting occurred on a busy day for winter storms, with northern Arizona seeing a slew of closures related to the cold weather. Snow will continue in northern Arizona through early Thursday morning, according to the National Weather Service.

"We are continuing to see impacts from our winter storm across the high country. We have seen anywhere between a few inches of snowfall at some of our lower elevations to around a foot of snow here across the Flagstaff area," Lamont Bain, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Flagstaff office, said about 1:45 p.m. Wednesday.

"What we are anticipating in terms of additional snowfall amounts, a general 1- to 2-inch (increase) for areas just west of the I-17 corridor, but as you head closer to the I-17 corridor and really east and south of I-40, that's where we are really going to be looking at the potential for some additional heftier amounts — particularly across the Mogollon Rim and the White Mountains."

These two areas could see an additional 4 to 6 inches of snow before this storm is over, according to Bain.

Highways closed due to snow, crashes

The Arizona Department of Transportation reported swaths of highway closures due to winter weather.

Closures as of 6:45 p.m. included on State Route 87 between Payson and Winslow and in both directions of State Route 89A between Sedona and Flagstaff.

The Arizona Department of Transportation recommended drivers avoid all nonessential travel in these areas until the storm cleared. There was no estimated time to reopen the highways.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety reported state troopers were busy with vehicle slide-offs primarily along Interstate 40, Interstate 17 and State Route 89.

As of 4 p.m. DPS had not heard of any serious injury or fatal collision in which weather was a factor, although a tractor-trailer jackknifed, or folded on itself, and sustained major damage on I-40 eastbound near Williams, closing eastbound lanes at Ash Fork.

Winter weather closes schools in northern Arizona

The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings for both Payson and Flagstaff, citing temperatures of about 30 degrees with 2 to 8 inches of snow, icy roads and high winds until 11 p.m. Wednesday. Additional winter weather advisories have been issued for areas around Prescott, Wickenburg, Kingman and Globe.

On top of roads being shut down, schools in Flagstaff and Prescott closed for the day due to weather as well. The Payson Unified School District did not shut its doors but instead suspended bus services Wednesday.

The Flagstaff Unified School District and Payson Unified School District No. 1 said its schools will start two hours later Thursday due to the weather. The Payson district said schools will be closed Thursday.

Coconino County, one of the counties most heavily impacted by the storm, says it is keeping crews working until Friday and using 17 graders, 12 snowplow trucks, the Bellemont salt truck and two loaders to remove 4 to 12 inches of snow across the northern Arizona territory.

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