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Jan 22 2025

The_Eagle

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Far NE Phoenix,

Lookout Shadow, AZ

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		The_Eagle • Triplogs 2,762

Hiking	6.16 Miles	1,269 AEG

Hiking	6.16 Miles	2 Hrs 39 Mns		2.43 mph
	1,269 ft AEG	7 Mns Break	4 LBS Pack

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Lookout Mtn Circumference Trail #308

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I hadn’t tackled either of these since @Tortoise_Hiker and I completed them as part of our 7 Summits Challenge back in 2011.

Starting at Lookout Mountain, the chill quickly diminished as the climb began immediately from the trailhead. The steeper section was a bit rocky, but the burn was short-lived, with the top reached within half a mile.

The trail I took down was slightly slippery, leading me through Lookout Mountain Park.

Next, I circled around Shadow Mountain and reached the peak from the east. Initially, I had planned to descend to the north and complete the Shadow Mountain loop, but the ridgeline looked far more interesting, so I headed west instead.

The day wrapped up with some neighborhood walking to get back over to Lookout Mountain and complete the adventure.

It was a nice day exploring one of the city parks.

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Feb 28 2023

mt98dew

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Phoenix,Az

Phoenix, AZ

Hiking		Feb 28 2023
		mt98dew • Triplogs 2,387

Hiking	1.90 Miles	340 AEG

Hiking	1.90 Miles	58 Mns	1.97 mph
	340 ft AEG

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Short, after work hike. Parked on 27th St. and went up the NNE side of 1779’. The trail takes off from the 27th St. between two beautiful homes. The trail has 8 or 9 steps to get you started and then climbs up the north side of a low lying hill just to the NE of 1779’. The trail has seem quite a bit of erosion over the years, but it is still easy to follow. Reaching the top of the hill you can see the scar that goes up the NNE of 1779’. This trail is probably the most direct route to the top. It’s been a few years since I’ve gone up this track. It’s steepness makes me think I would rather go up it than down. Views from the top were great! The air was clear providing nice distant views. Descending, I went down the west side, following the ridge line almost to the end. I then took a user trail that went down the north side of the last hill. To get a little more distance, I took one of the outer user trails north (almost paralleling Cave Creek Road). I followed the user trail as it turned east to get me back to one of the TH. This kept the elevation down, but was a nice change from the trails I typically take when hiking this area. (I feel like I had been on this outer track once before but it was probably over 10 years ago). As I was doing this I noticed there was another trail even further north of this. I don’t think I’ve been on that one so I will have try to incorporate it on my next outing. When doing this low lying trail, I had to cross a wash that was remarkable for the stunted Palo Verdes that enclosed it as it went up the slope. Very distinct for the area. Saw one person on the loop. No wildlife.

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Nov 16 2021

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Scottsdale, AZ

Phoenix, AZ

Hiking		Nov 16 2021
		BobP • Triplogs 3,212

Hiking	2.20 Miles	990 AEG

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	990 ft AEG

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Nov 15 2021

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Phoenix, AZ

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		BobP • Triplogs 3,212

Hiking	0.97 Miles	532 AEG

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	532 ft AEG

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Jun 06 2021

Nate_F

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Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix, AZ

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		Nate_F • Triplogs 124

Hiking	2.45 Miles	705 AEG

Hiking	2.45 Miles	1 Hour	2.45 mph
	705 ft AEG

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Quick hike before it got hot. At the top, good views all around. Some haze in the skies this morning. More people than usual for this mountain, but never too crowded. In a wash near the bottom of the hill, I saw what could be a gopher snake chase a pack rat. Pack rat got away and the snake missed his chance for a tasty breakfast. Not sure about the snake, but at least it wasn't rattling!

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Jun 06 2020

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Phoenix, AZ

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Hiking	0.96 Miles	493 AEG

Hiking	0.96 Miles
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Jan 27 2019

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Phoenix, AZ

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		BobP • Triplogs 3,212

Hiking	2.30 Miles	1,333 AEG

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	1,333 ft AEG

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Jan 19 2019

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Phoenix, AZ

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Hiking	2.70 Miles	1,420 AEG

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Shadowlode. I'm expanding my horizons. There is a trail that goes to the top which I never knew about. In the past, the route was just the direct up. No angry birds this time. Summitted 1,779 twice and Shadow Mtn 3 times. Weather was mav and the conversations were other worldly.

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Mar 11 2018

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Scottsdale, AZ

Phoenix, AZ

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Hiking	0.96 Miles	473 AEG

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Scary. First time ever being attacked on a hike. Well except for bees. Not sure what hit me but it knocked me off my feet and left a scratch on my shoulder and a small mark on my face. Never heard it or saw it coming. I know it was a bird, so I'm guessing hawk or owl. Very weird

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Oct 24 2017

kaiboxer

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Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix, AZ

Hiking		Oct 24 2017
		kaiboxer • Triplogs 35

Hiking	1.41 Miles	340 AEG

Hiking	1.41 Miles	45 Mns	1.88 mph
	340 ft AEG

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Quick hike again with the boy and dog.

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Mar 21 2017

The_Dude

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Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix, AZ

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		The_Dude • Triplogs 364

Hiking	3.28 Miles	1,153 AEG

Hiking	3.28 Miles	1 Hour 35 Mns	2.32 mph
	1,153 ft AEG	10 Mns Break

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Finally had time to get out for a hike, sadly my first of the month...pulled up to the TH about 5 to get in some fun. Certainly warm out this afternoon, but I did get some late cloud cover that cooled it down a few degrees. I put together a loop on the fly to knock out most of the high points in the area, no real big peaks but at the end of the day I had squeezed over 1100' of gain out of only a bit over 3 miles. I love this little mountain, surprisingly rugged for a short in-towner. The hillsides were simply aglow with flowers, brittlebush in full bloom, and good show from the creosotes too. Dang, I need to get back into hiking shape...

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Jan 16 2017

survivordude

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The Basin

Phoenix, AZ

Hiking		Jan 16 2017
		survivordude • Triplogs 224

Hiking	0.89 Miles	389 AEG

Hiking	0.89 Miles	41 Mns	1.41 mph
	389 ft AEG	3 Mns Break

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Dropped the girl off at gym and did a short hike with the boy. Started off skirting some private land and then got to the ridgeline. This was fun for the kid as we followed along the ridge up and down and back up. Just a short scramble up to the top had us looking at 360 views of the north valley. P was able to identify several surrounding peaks and landmarks which was impressive. It is hard to believe there are still peaks within Phoenix that I haven't been to yet. Well.. Check!

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Apr 12 2016

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Stoney Shadow, AZ

Hiking		Apr 12 2016
		The_Dude • Triplogs 364

Hiking	5.87 Miles	2,036 AEG

Hiking	5.87 Miles	2 Hrs 23 Mns		2.69 mph
	2,036 ft AEG	12 Mns Break	10 LBS Pack

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Got in a good urban double hike this afternoon, started out by Mountain View about 4:30. Second time up Stoney Mountain, this is a fun quick one with good effort. Be aware, there is a good sized bee gathering about a tenth of a mile up the summit spur trail, it is on the left hand side of the trail in one of the numerous rock holes. They were not aggressive, but if you stumbled into the rock it would make for a pretty lousy day. After this quick one, I rolled over to Acoma to start my way up Shadow Mountain. I climbed the main peak, and then proceeded to hit every high point in the area by way of a convoluted loop. Ran into a few folks up on the summit when I had come around for a second trip up. Otherwise, very few other people out on the trail, surprising for such a great weather day.

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Aug 25 2015

The_Dude

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Phoenix Mountain Preserves sampler, AZ

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		The_Dude • Triplogs 364

Hiking	5.60 Miles	2,217 AEG

Hiking	5.60 Miles	2 Hrs 21 Mns		2.63 mph
	2,217 ft AEG	13 Mns Break	10 LBS Pack

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I had to be back to town early today, so I though I would hit up some local hikes. Despite growing up in the area and hiking around as a lad, I never made it up Stoney Mountain. This was a fun hike, good steep push albeit short. Nice to only see one other person on the trail. I had parked on Mountain View and made my way over to the 100 and then to the faint but steady peak trail. After I finished, I made the short drive up to the Acoma TH to knock out a big loop around the Shadow Mountain area. I took off up tot he summit, headed south along the ridgeline to the unnamed summit, skirted around the east side, hit up a few more of the high points, climbed up 1779, and circled around for one more trip up Shadow. Great weather, got this in before the storm started up, but there was some real nice wind and some sprinkles as I was finishing up a little after 6. Good stuff!

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Jul 03 2015

mazatzal

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Scottsdale, AZ

Phoenix, AZ

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		mazatzal • Triplogs 1,347

Hiking	3.80 Miles	510 AEG

Hiking	3.80 Miles	2 Hrs	2.07 mph
	510 ft AEG	10 Mns Break

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Went to both summits and added the loop around the south side.
Cloudy with a few sprinkles and humid but not very hot.

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Jun 28 2015

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Phoenix, AZ

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		BobP • Triplogs 3,212

Hiking	1.05 Miles	519 AEG

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Jun 10 2015

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Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix, AZ

Hiking		Jun 10 2015
		kwinters311 • Triplogs 26

Hiking	1.41 Miles	340 AEG

Hiking	1.41 Miles	57 Mns	1.48 mph
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Overcast and muggy today, I took a slightly different path than this one but I didn't see an option for it. I started at Acoma, took the circumference east and summited the southernmost of the mountains in this park. Can't really call it a summit or a mountain, it only took about 5 mins to get the full elevation. I came back down sketchily along the South face and hooked up with the Western part of the Circumference trail.

There is a beautiful modern church at the SW corner of the park with two rows of nice Palo Verdes, by the way. Worth a visit.

I went straight up the saddle of Prominence and down to the circumference trail to meet back with Acoma. I was dripping sweat by the end with this mugginess, it makes a huge difference when it doesn't evaporate immediately! I only ever saw 2 other people and that was on the southern mountaintop.

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Jan 03 2015

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		BobP • Triplogs 3,212

Hiking	0.96 Miles	493 AEG

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Parked on the side of someone's house this time. I saw my shadow. I also did the peak higher up.

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Nov 17 2014

Stoic

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Avondale,Az

Phoenix, AZ

Hiking		Nov 17 2014
		Stoic • Triplogs 552

Hiking	4.13 Miles	751 AEG

Hiking	4.13 Miles	2 Hrs 2 Mns	2.43 mph
	751 ft AEG	20 Mns Break

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