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| Looping in Fountain Hills, AZ | |
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Looping in Fountain Hills, AZ
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| Hiking | 6.68 Miles |
1,678 AEG |
| | Hiking | 6.68 Miles | 3 Hrs 26 Mns | | 2.18 mph |
| 1,678 ft AEG | 22 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | I had planned to go up to Mount Ord today but my heel was hurting when I got up this morning so I decided to hike close to home instead.
From the TH, I first went up to Peak 3098, aka the West View Overlook. I then went out on the Promenade Trail with the intention of doing the Sonoran-Lower Sonoran Loop. When I got to the junction I was pleasantly surprised to see the new trail in the FHP is open -- called the Mesquite Hollow Trail.
This trail more-or-less parallels the Sonoran Trail for 1.5 miles, at which point it ends at the Sonoran Trail. The new trail has some moderate elevation gain, but the tread is super -- smooth dirt with hardly any rock in it. I think that I will be hiking on this trail some more. The trail has a nice sounding name, but I did not see even one mesquite tree. Methinks that it should be called the Palo Verde Hollow Trail instead!
The new trail will facilitate doing some loop hikes in the FHP. Eventually I think that another trail will be built that will connect the Mesquite Hollow Trail with the Quartz Trail in the Scottsdale Preserve. I look forward to that because it will make possible some longer loop hikes on the trail system. |
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