Windgate-Thumb-East End-Bell Loop Photoset • The_Eagle • 2022-12-06 • HikeArizona.COM

Windgate-Thumb-East End-Bell Loop, AZ

	2022-12-06
	8 by The_Eagle

Windgate-Thumb-East End-Bell Loop, AZ

Hiking	12.89 Miles	2,983 AEG

Hiking	12.89 Miles	4 Hrs 44 Mns		2.81 mph
	2,983 ft AEG	9 Mns Break	8 LBS Pack

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Tom's Thumb Loop off Windgate Pass Trail

Gateway Loop Trail - MSP

Inspiration Point via Windgate

Windgate Bell Loop

Windgate Pass Trail - MSP

Tom's Thumb Trail - MSP

East End Trail - MSP

Bell Pass Trail - MSP

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Beautiful weather for a hike. I started at the crack of 11 at a surprisingly busy Gateway TH.

My loop was CW starting on the Windgate Trail. I passed a smattering of people until I got to the turn for Toms Thumb. I like the climb up this trail, it's especially nice with the cloud cover. I got passed by a couple of runners.

Once up top, I noticed there was a climber on top of Toms Thumb. I made my way over to and down the East End Trail/Bell Pass Trail, where I had the backside of the McD's to myself.

Really saw nobody until I merged with the popular Gateway Loop, where the Snowbirds and Scottdale's finest were on parade.

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