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View Point-North Mingus Loop, AZ

	2018-04-22
	13 by DixieFlyer

View Point-North Mingus Loop

Prescott, AZ

View Point-North Mingus Loop

Prescott, AZ

Hiking		Apr 22 2018
		DixieFlyer

Hiking	11.90 Miles	2,900 AEG

Hiking	11.90 Miles	5 Hrs 42 Mns	2.79 mph

	2,900 ft AEG	1 Hour 26 Mns Break

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North Mingus Trail #105

View Point Trail #106

Mingus Mountain Campground

Mingus Trail #105A

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I like this little loop hike, so I decided to do it again -- with a meetup group this time. Like my last hike here, we started at the Mescal Springs TH, which is where FR 338 exits off of Highway 89-A. We saw no other hikers the entire day, and the only people we saw were some hang gliders pilots who were preparing to launch at the hang glider launching pad. I know nothing about hang gliders, and it was interesting talking to those guys.

This is a nice hike imho. On the way up to the top of Mingus, you have nice views of Sedona, the San Francisco Peaks, and Kendrick Peak. On top of Mingus, you can look down below at Cottonwood, and also see the Bradshaw Mountains in the distance. On the way back down, we saw some smoke off in the distance west of Flagstaff, which I think was a prescribed burn.

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