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| Hiking | 11.42 Miles |
474 AEG |
| | Hiking | 11.42 Miles | 4 Hrs 6 Mns | | 2.79 mph |
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| no partners | | I parked at the Quartz Trail parking lot off of 104th St and McDowell Mountain Parkway. Followed the sign over to the Quartz Trail and it took me down into the wash where it immediately meets with a designated portion of the MT. The last time I hiked the Quartz Trail was over 10 years ago, just after I had a major ankle sprain. I remember hiking it with @rdavisiii and my buddy Ted. We were all nursing various recent injuries, so it was kind of a rehab hike.
I headed south on the MT to where I left off last Monday heading northbound. After you get past the golf course, the trail follows a service road under the power lines, crosses the CAP canal, and heads east on Cactus Road. There's one little single track segment from the canal crossing to Cactus Road that parallels FLW Blvd, just above the road. Then it crosses right past the entrance of Taliesin West. I should go see that place one day I guess, since I went to Fallingwater 5 years ago in PA.
The trail follows the south side of Cactus Road until it follows the cement bike path, then you cross over to the north side and walk under the culvert and onto the bike path again. That's what the markers seem to indicate. Someone was doing work on some electrical conduits under there, so it was taped off from either direction.
Cactus Road is kind of interesting. There's an actual dirt path along there which is nicer than walking along a sidewalk that's designated as the MT for a few miles. The trees there give some shade, and for a major artery road, there really isn't much traffic. Interesting mix of the homes there, between newer modern looking places, and older, slump block single levels. One newer looking house was for sale and hadn't been occupied for some time by the looks of it.
Finished up just after 10am before any heat really started to kick in. The clouds early on kept it pretty cool. |
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