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Coyote Canyon Loop MSP, AZ

	2014-12-07
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Coyote Canyon Loop MSP

Phoenix, AZ

Coyote Canyon Loop MSP

Phoenix, AZ

Hiking	7.20 Miles	600 AEG

Hiking	7.20 Miles	3 Hrs	2.62 mph
	600 ft AEG	15 Mns Break

Linked

linked

Granite Mountain Loop Trail - MSPN

Little Granite Mountain - McDowells

Bootlegger Trail - MSPN

136th Street Express Trail - MSPN

Coyote Canyon Trail - MSPN

Partners

partners

Baby4AZ

Met at Granite Mtn Trailhead at 8:45 am for a McDowell Sonoran Conservancy wellness hike. I brought Caroline b/c she begged me and promised that she could handle it. "Is it with your blue shirt friends?" she asked. LOL, yes

Took Bootlegger :next:

Granite Mtn Loop trail :next:

Coyote Canyon trail :next:

Dove Mtn trail briefly to see "Michelin Man" cactus :next:

136th Street trail back to trailhead.

This was Caroline's longest hike to date - and I was so proud of her behavior on the large group hike. She held my hand most of the hike and used her hiking stick a little. She ate all her snacks and carried her own water in her Grand Canyon junior ranger backback with a camelback water pack coming out the top.

There are phenomenal stands of saguaro on Granite Mountain Loop - I think the prettiest trail in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve. When you hit the newly acquired Coyote Canyon trail (old trail but recently changed from state land trust to MSP land) - - it really is a spectacular hike for old stands of saguaro.

Double crested saguaro on Coyote Canyon Loop
"Michelin Man" saguaro on Dove Mtn trail
One of the oldest saguaros in MSP right next to crested arm near the water tank on Coyote Canyon Loop (see pics - they are GeoCoded)
HUGE owl nest on 136th Street trail (i'm going to post pics in a different post to write up that hike segment)

I also got to meet @ezpixels (she doesn't post here but does have an old account - but she's very active on Instagram and has written several books for the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy. She is a conservation photographer) -- I've "known" her for a year through IG and it was so great to meet her in person even if just briefly as she was biking by our group while we were in the little slot canyon. She created the MSC coloring books, Wildlife Book, Field Guide version 2.0, and makes christmas cards and prints of MSP photographs. Very talented lady!!

What a hike to remember

Flora

Flora [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Saguaro Saguaro - Crested

Geology

Geology [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Granite

Named place

Named place [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Michelin Man Saguaro

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