Pima Canyon Corona de Loma Loop Photoset • John10s • 2024-06-26 • HikeArizona.COM

Pima Canyon Corona de Loma Loop, AZ

	2024-06-26
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Pima Canyon Corona de Loma Loop, AZ

Hiking	15.59 Miles	2,240 AEG

Hiking	15.59 Miles	3 Hrs 52 Mns	4.05 mph
	2,240 ft AEG	1 Min Break

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7 linked trail guides

Marcos De Niza - South Mountain

Guadalupe Ridge - AKA Midlife Crisis / Scott

Young Man Trail - South Mountain

Desert Classic Trail

Corona de Loma Trail

National Trail - South Mountain

Hidden Valley via Pima Canyon

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Route Recorded on Route Scout | Pop | Map | Popup | MapDEX

I ended up back at South Mountain this week and put in a little effort to come up with a different route with a new combination of familiar trails. I got to Pima Canyon ~4:30AM and found the gate locked. I thought I remembered seeing the gate open pre-5AM in the past, but I parked on 48th Street and walked up the road, then on to Marcos de Niza and up Guadalupe Ridge. It was a nice sunrise, and there were a few people on the trails before 5AM.

I dropped down Young Man Trail and followed Desert Classic through some areas I hadn't hiked before, then added a short spur over to Corona de Loma TH. Lots of bikers and hikers in that area, as expected. Then the steep climb up Corona de Loma to Buena Vista Lookout. Not long after getting on National Trail, I passed a rattlesnake halfway on the trail, then hiked back through Hidden Valley and finished around 8:30AM. Very humid day...definitely the sweatiest hike of 2024 so far.

Fauna

Fauna [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Black-tailed Rattlesnake

Named place

Named place [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Chinese Wall Hidden Valley Tunnel

Meteorology

Meteorology [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Sunrise

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