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Cholla Mountain Loop from Brown's Ranch TH, AZ

	2025-11-04
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Cholla Mountain Loop from Brown's Ranch TH

Phoenix, AZ

Cholla Mountain Loop from Brown's Ranch TH

Phoenix, AZ

Hiking	10.40 Miles	1,210 AEG

Hiking	10.40 Miles	4 Hrs 11 Mns	2.69 mph
	1,210 ft AEG	19 Mns Break

Linked

11 linked trail guides

Brown's Ranch Road Trail - MSPN

Corral Trail - MSPN

Dry Gulch Trail - MSPN

Cholla Mountain Loop - MSPN

Cholla Mountain / Whale The

Cholla Mountain / Mish Mash Area

Cholla Mountain / Saguaro Hotel Area

Cholla Mountain / Far Side The

Watershed Trail - MSPN

Vaquero Trail - MSPN

Jane Rau Interpretive Trail - MSPN

Partners

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no partners

A belated revisit to some of the Cholla Mountain crags that I've climbed at in the past. The approaches are longer now compared to when this area was State Trust and accessible with a wheeler. It doesn't seem like many climbers get out there anymore since the crag approaches are substantially overgrow with Brittlebush. There's an aggressive bee colony at the base of [ Cholla Mountain / Far Side The ] , so the routes there can't safely be climbed currently. I heard their buzzing before reaching the base and skedaddled as soon as some of them started assertively marking me with some head bumping. Sometimes one can surprise themselves with a maneuvering berserker downhill rate when it's absolutely necessary. Overall, the trails are flat and monotonous but still it's fortunate for most of us that the area wasn't developed into more sprawl.

Fauna

Fauna [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Black-tailed Rattlesnake

Named place

Named place [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Cholla Mountain 3,406 - MSP North

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