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Hog Heaven Loop - McDowell Mountains, AZ

	2017-02-24
	15 by KBKB

Hog Heaven Loop - McDowell Mountains

Phoenix, AZ

Hog Heaven Loop - McDowell Mountains

Phoenix, AZ

Hiking	4.98 Miles	1,969 AEG

Hiking	4.98 Miles	4 Hrs 31 Mns		1.10 mph
	1,969 ft AEG		16 LBS Pack

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Lost Wall Loop - McDowell Mountains

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Three of us (Bob, Nora, and I) hiked this route with an extension leading past Tom's Thumb and then NW along the ridgeline using the climber's access trail leading back to the Tom's Thumb trail.

This is my favorite hiking route in the McDowells. It is steep and loose with sections of scrambling. The views are awesome and, aside from brief sections spent on the Tom's Thumb Trail, is largely devoid of traffic.

Recent rain in the area made the trail a little less loose than normal.

On this particular hike, we heard bees - possibly from a beehive - just after gaining the ridge that leads to the East End (summit). We backed off and found a way around the bees.

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