Dixie Mine - Windgate Lasso Loop Photoset • DixieFlyer • 2024-03-16 • HikeArizona.COM

Dixie Mine - Windgate Lasso Loop, AZ

	2024-03-16
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Dixie Mine - Windgate Lasso Loop, AZ

Hiking	16.18 Miles	3,176 AEG

Hiking	16.18 Miles	7 Hrs 9 Mns	2.61 mph
	3,176 ft AEG	57 Mns Break

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9 linked trail guides

Dixie Mine Trail - MMRP

Thompson Peak Rd - MSP

Prospector Trail - MSP

Bell Pass Trail - MSP

Gateway Loop Trail - MSP

Inspiration Point via Windgate

Windgate Pass Trail - MSP

Windmill Trail - MSP

Coachwhip Trail - MMRP

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I decided to stay close to home today and take advantage of cool weather to do this longish hike.

I did a lasso loop starting on the Dixie Mine Trail, going over Bell Pass, and then looping back on the Gateway Loop Trail, and going past Inspiration Point on the way to Windgate Pass. In other words, the loop was clockwise.

There was a fair number of people on the trails that can be easily accessed from the Gateway TH, but hardly anyone otherwise.

I heard some coyotes yapping in the morning, and saw 3 deer at Windgate Pass.

The weather was very nice for mid-March.

Flora

Flora [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Dichelostemma capitatum Coulter's Lupine

Wildflowers Observation Light
Blue richards won the wildflower derby, with fiddlenecks the runnerup. Poppies had their moments along with some lupine. Brittlebush are not blooming yet.

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