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Coachwhip Trail - MMRP - 14 members in 90 triplogs have rated this an average 2.4 ( 1 to 5 best )
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Apr 18 2025
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 Fountain Hills,
Golden Eagle Loop - Fountain HillsPhoenix, AZ
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Hiking11.46 Miles 1,688 AEG
Hiking11.46 Miles   5 Hrs   16 Mns   2.56 mph
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I decided to stay close to home and do this lasso loop hike. I did the loop clockwise, and added in an 0ut-and-back ascent of Bell Pass.

The temps were cool and there was lots of cloud cover, so it was a great morning for a hike.
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As has been the case this spring, there were some ocotillo flowers but not much else.
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Feb 22 2025
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Coachwhip Trail - MMRPPhoenix, AZ
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Hiking12.87 Miles 1,008 AEG
Hiking12.87 Miles   4 Hrs   36 Mns   2.80 mph
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I was looking on my computer and I hadn't hiked the Coachwhip Trail since 2011, so it seemed like a good time to go back and hike it again. I started from the main lot and hiked southbound (CCW) on the Pemberton loop, then turned left onto the Coachwhip, left again on the Dixie Mine Trail, then hiked back on the Pemberton Trail again, making a lasso loop out of it. First mile was in the dark, and it was surprisingly a bit chilly. Once the sun hit, it warmed up fast as usual, but it was still comfortable all morning.

I was able to hike faster than my usual pace due to the mostly smoother trails in the county parks, so I made pretty good time. I saw one mountain biker for the first 7 miles, then more traffic once I got back on the Pemberton Trail. No wildlife seen other than a desert hare. The interpretive sign by the Pemberton Ranch site that gives the history has been completely bleached white by the sun, someone wasn't thinking when they designed that.
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Dixie Mine Trail - MMRPPhoenix, AZ
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Hiking12.62 Miles 1,283 AEG
Hiking12.62 Miles   5 Hrs   9 Mns   2.71 mph
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Got a few peeps out using Meetup. Meet at Dixie Mine. This is an interesting double TH. A bit rocky and steep in spots. Eventually reaching loop. Loop is chill route.

Formed lasso loop. Fairly easy but distance still scared away some. Once we left Dixie Mine, saw barely anyone. Kept a fairly strong pace. Then to Flower Child. After a couple of stops got an Impossible Whopper. 🤷‍♂️
 
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Golden Eagle Loop - Fountain HillsPhoenix, AZ
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Hiking11.48 Miles 1,627 AEG
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I decided to stay close to home and do this hike again today. I did the loop CW, and also took a side trip up to Bell Pass.

We had some rain yesterday afternoon and the trail was a tad soft early, but it was drying out pretty good on the way back.
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Golden Eagle Loop - Fountain HillsPhoenix, AZ
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Hiking11.72 Miles 1,666 AEG
Hiking11.72 Miles   3 Hrs   58 Mns   3.14 mph
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Slightly crispy desert near the trailhead.
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Mar 16 2024
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Dixie Mine - Windgate Lasso Loop, AZ 
Dixie Mine - Windgate Lasso Loop, AZ
 
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Hiking16.18 Miles 3,176 AEG
Hiking16.18 Miles   7 Hrs   9 Mns   2.61 mph
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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.
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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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Rock Knob Trail - MSP / MMRPPhoenix, AZ
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Hiking10.69 Miles 1,850 AEG
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Decided to lead another Meetup. Strong response, fun group and wonderful weather. Did a loop that is easy till East End. This slowed a couple of the participants.

Decided to add Tom's Thumb on. This short side trip timed out perfectly with the others' arrival from East End.

Saw few people till this point, aside from mtn bikers on Pemberton. That all changed as soon as Tom's Thumb trail came into view. More peeps there from 2-3 pm than I expected.
 
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Dixie Mine Lasso, AZ 
Dixie Mine Lasso, AZ
 
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Hiking13.64 Miles 1,400 AEG
Hiking13.64 Miles   4 Hrs   43 Mns   3.09 mph
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Kelly proposed this hike. Who am I to argue...
Got going just after sunrise. I haven't hiked from this trailhead in quite a few years. The area has grown up a lot. Some beautiful homes with not so beautiful prices.
We spent a good amount of time exploring around Dixie mine and up the wash to another mine entrance, some prospects and some glyphs. Interesting.
From the Dixie Mine trail we took Coachwhip to Pemberton and back on Dixie Mine.
Fun day. Thanks Kelly. :)
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 phoenix, az
Dixie Mine Lasso, AZ 
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Hiking13.64 Miles 1,400 AEG
Hiking13.64 Miles   4 Hrs   43 Mns   3.09 mph
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found this combo starting from golden eagle trailhead - thanks, @yoder
john and i got going just after sunrise
dixie mine > coachwhip > pemberton > dixie mine
we took the time to go up on the tailings pile, then to the mine
we continued up the drainage to the petroglyphs
john climbed up a pourover that still had running water to find a few more
fun to do some exploring
back on dixie mine, we did the lasso part clockwise
had some cloud cover at times, then a nice breeze as we finished
saw several mountain bikers and a few hikers later in the morning
coffee and DJ's for lunch - love that place
thanks john, good times!
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 Fountain Hills,
Adero Super Loop II, AZ 
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Hiking21.86 Miles 3,505 AEG
Hiking21.86 Miles   9 Hrs   40 Mns   2.51 mph
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It was a nice day for a long hike, so I decided to do this one, which is a variation of a similar hike that I did last month.

This is a big CCW loop that starts and ends at the Adero Canyon TH. The loop goes through 3 different preserves and uses 17 different trails. The trails in the Fountain Hills Preserve are definitely the best ones on this hike!

There were a few people out on the trails in the Scottsdale Preserve, but I did not see anyone in the Fountain Hills Preserve or the Maricopa County Regional Park.
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Jan 19 2024
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Golden Eagle Loop - Fountain HillsPhoenix, AZ
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DixieFlyerTriplogs 1,374
Hiking11.42 Miles 1,682 AEG
Hiking11.42 Miles   4 Hrs   42 Mns   2.77 mph
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I decided to stay close to home and do this lasso loop hike today.

I did the loop clockwise, and also took a side trip up to Bell Pass to add in a little extra distance and elevation gain.

It was a nice day out there with some clouds doing a nice job of filtering the sun.

I saw a nice 6 point buck on the way back, around the Dixie Mine.
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Dixie Mine - Toms Thumb LO Lasso Loop, AZ 
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Hiking18.07 Miles 3,069 AEG
Hiking18.07 Miles   8 Hrs   1 Min   2.56 mph
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This is a version of this hike that I do once or twice a year.

I started from the Golden Eagle TH in Fountain Hills, started on the Dixie Mine Trail once I left the Eagle's Nest subdivision, and made my way over to the Tom's Thumb LO. I did the loop clockwise, so I went up on the Tom's Thumb Trail and descended on the East End Trail.

This is a decent hike to get some distance and elevation gain when the weather is cooler. It would have been nicer to have some shade and perhaps some cooler temperatures, but it wasn't hot by any means.

The trails are fairly rocky out there, and the East End Trail is very slippery when descending it.
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Hiking11.67 Miles 1,760 AEG
Hiking11.67 Miles   4 Hrs   22 Mns   2.93 mph
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I did this lasso loop clockwise with a side-trip up to Bell Pass.

There weren't any clouds out, but the temperature was cooler than it has been and there was a nice breeze blowing most of the way.

You could smell and see smoke from a wildfire near the landfill on Highway 87 and Gilbert Road; so the air quality wasn't the best.

At Bell Pass I went a short distance on the use trail that goes up toward McDowell Peak. I will check it out further once winter gets here.
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Hiking11.63 Miles 1,757 AEG
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I did this loop CW with a side trip up to Bell Pass.

This was great hiking weather -- no sun with a cool breeze. It was almost cold at Bell Pass, so I descended as soon as I got up there.

There are still a few wildflowers out.
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Hiking11.65 Miles 1,703 AEG
Hiking11.65 Miles   4 Hrs   51 Mns   2.85 mph
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I decided to stay close to home and do this hike today. I did the loop CW, and also made a sidetrip up to Bell Pass.

I only saw 3 other hikers all day. It was a cool and cloudy day which made for nice hiking conditions.
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Ricardos de Azul were once again the winner of the wildflower derby, with fiddlenecks and lupine competing for second place. Brittlebush is lagging behind, but looks poised to explode before long.
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Dixie Mine - Toms Thumb Lasso, AZ 
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Hiking18.56 Miles 3,291 AEG
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Today I decided to do a lasso loop hike from the Golden Eagle TH in Fountain Hills. I went on the Dixie Mine Trail to the Toms Thumb Trail, doing the lasso loop CW. I did not go to Toms Thumb, but I had lunch at the "The Lookout" near Toms Thumb.

It was a nice day to do this hike -- the high temperature was in the upper 60's which is warmer than I like, but cloudy skies and breezy conditions made it seem cooler than it was.

The wildflowers were really nice, which made for an enjoyable hike.
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There was an impressive display of wildflowers throughout this hike. Desert Hyacinth, aka Blue Richards, were the champion wildflowers on this day. Fiddlenecks also made an impressive showing. There were lots of other wildflowers also.
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Hiking11.48 Miles 1,785 AEG
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With rain in the forecast for this afternoon, I decided to stick close to home and do this hike today.

I followed the guide route, except that I added in a hike up to Bell Pass and back from the Bell Pass Trail-Prospector Trail junction.

There weren't many people out today, so I basically had the trails to myself.

It looks like March is coming in like a lion; but I bet that it goes out like a ham!
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I saw a fair amount of Blue Richards, although there were also a few lupine and poppies here and there. The poppies were closed up today though due to the cool, cloudy weather.
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Hiking18.27 Miles 3,579 AEG
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I decided to stay close to home today and get some miles in. The cloudy, cool weather was perfect for a hike like this.

I had done this lasso loop once before, and as before I did the loop clockwise. I enjoy the views at the Tom's Thumb Lookout, so I stopped there for a lunch break.

There weren't very many people out today - I saw about 7-8 people the entire day.
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I saw no wildflowers blooming at all.
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I have been doing a lot of short hikes lately so I decided to take advantage of a cold, cloudy day and do a longer, close-to-home today.

I started and ended at the Adero Canyon TH, and did a long CCW loop that went through 3 different preserves and utilized a number of different trails. The trails in these preserves are interconnected, and there are several different trailheads that you could start from and come up with some loop hikes that are as long or as short as you want.

This hike isn't all that exciting, but it worked well for what I wanted to do today.

There were very few people out on the trails today -- I guess that the masses stayed home instead of venturing out in the unseasonably cool weather. On the way back, I went 7-8 miles without seeing anyone on the trail.

At one point in mid-afternoon there were some snow flurries, which I enjoyed.
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there were a few chuparosa blooming on the sections of the Quartz Trail that went through some washes, but that was it for wildflowers
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Hiking10.45 Miles 1,473 AEG
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