Lost Wall Loop - McDowell Mountains Photoset • KBKB • 2018-02-16 • HikeArizona.COM

Lost Wall Loop - McDowell Mountains, AZ

	2018-02-16
	11 by KBKB

Lost Wall Loop - McDowell Mountains

Phoenix, AZ

Lost Wall Loop - McDowell Mountains

Phoenix, AZ

Hiking		Feb 16 2018
		KBKB

Hiking	6.47 Miles	1,762 AEG

Hiking	6.47 Miles	4 Hrs 27 Mns		1.75 mph

	1,762 ft AEG	45 Mns Break	22 LBS Pack

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Tom's Thumb Trail - MSP

The Lookout from Tom's Thumb North

Feldspar Trail - MSP

Marcus Landslide Trail - MSP

Caballo Trail - MSP

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I led a group of seven on a hike starting from the Tom's Thumb Trailhead on Friday the 16th.

In addition to doing the Lost Wall Loop, we visited the Lookout and, after descending Tom's Thumb Trail, we turned off onto Feldspar. We hiked a short ways on Marcus Landslide and returned via the Caballo Trail.

The climber's access trail that forms part of the Lost Wall Loop was firmed up by the rain that we had several days earlier. This trail normally has some really loose sections, but this wasn't really a problem for our hike on Friday.

I don't hike the Lookout Trail very often, so we added it into the mix. After doing the ridge over to and past Tom's Thumb, the Lookout is kind of anticlimactic. It was cool to be able to look down at Windgate Pass though.

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