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Aug 26 2025

fricknaley

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Joined Jun 20 2003
Tucson, AZ

TMP Rambling, AZ

Run/Jog		Aug 26 2025
		fricknaley • Triplogs 4,124

Run/Jog	15.00 Miles	1,691 AEG

Run/Jog	15.00 Miles	3 Hrs 41 Mns		4.33 mph
	1,691 ft AEG	13 Mns Break	5 LBS Pack

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Enchanted Peak Trail

El Grupo Loop Trail

36th Street Trail

Starr Pass Trail - TMP

Little Cat Trail

Enchanted Hills Trails and Enchanted Peak

Enchanted Hills Trails Park

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bunch of stuff from 36th TH. Fun morning. clouds for most of it. humidity was sky high though. saw another big Denny

and a humungous centipede

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Feb 12 2025

mt98dew

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Joined Oct 24 2010
Phoenix,Az

Enchanted Hills Trails and Enchanted Peak

Tucson, AZ

Enchanted Hills Trails and Enchanted Peak

Tucson, AZ

Hiking		Feb 12 2025
		mt98dew • Triplogs 2,387

Hiking	4.96 Miles	741 AEG

Hiking	4.96 Miles	2 Hrs 29 Mns	2.00 mph
	741 ft AEG

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This was our last day in Tucson and I was looking for a short trail close to our rooms that would provide a good opportunity for sunrise. The last couple of days my wife had been shuttling me to TH’s which is awesome, but meant no early wake-ups and hence, no sunrise hikes.

Got to the TH just after 6am. Still dark out, but it wasn’t long before the hint of daylight started to play along the eastern horizon. It was cloudy out so I was hoping for a colorful sunrise.

This was my first time to this TH and I was happy to see a number of trails to choose from. Since none of them are in HAZ (yet), I decided to go with this description’s choice of Enchanted Peak. This is one of about 8 trails in the system. It is one of the more distant trails from the TH (about 1.5 miles), but it is also one of the tallest (maybe 300 ft. el.), so I was hoping for a good seat for the morning show. I followed an assortment of trails-El Grupo, the Rift, Fire 7, El Tocote- to get to the Enchanted Peak Trail. The trail goes up the east side of the hill and there are some nice rock features on the way up. I enjoyed the hike up, but apparently it was too cloudy for the sun. It never really made an appearance. Views from the top were ok. There was a nice info board labeling the peaks to the east. I also appreciated being able to check out how the trails (official and unofficial) interacted. I love to “grid” trails, so I decided to work the north and part of the trails to the west. Most were just community access trails or routes created by bikers. There were some interesting old foundations that indicated that there use to be another purpose for the area. Perhaps picnic sites? Also, there was a large man-made berm incorporated into the park. Residual from the neighborhood construction?

Fun working the area. Very convenient. Definitely, a place I’ll come back to and explore some more. Had the trails to myself with the exception of a couple of rabbits.

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Dec 12 2024

Mike_W

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Joined Dec 30 2005
Tucson, AZ

Enchanted Hills Trails and Enchanted Peak

Tucson, AZ

Enchanted Hills Trails and Enchanted Peak

Tucson, AZ

Hiking		Dec 12 2024
		Mike_W • Triplogs 528

Hiking	5.20 Miles	533 AEG

Hiking	5.20 Miles	2 Hrs 15 Mns	2.31 mph
	533 ft AEG

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This was my 1st time here. I heard about an area called "Enchanted Hills Trails Park" which is part of Tucson Mountain Park. I hiked every major peak in the Tucson mountains and several hills, but apparently not this one until today. All of the trails in this park and good trails and there is a trail that goes to the summit of Enchanted Peak. There are signs at the major junctions along the way and it would be difficult to get lost as long as you had a photo of the trail map.

I waited until it warmed up a bit and I arrived a little after 11 am. My main goal was the peak but I also wanted to walk on most of the major trails on the way out and way back. I did pretty good in terms of trail coverage. The only trails I didn't use were one connector trail called High Noon (East side of the park) and 2 loop trails off to the West called the Kain trail and the Wild West trail. It would be possible to get to the peak and back in probably 3 miles or so, but because I hiked it the scenic way, my total distance was over 5 miles.

Trails taken to get to peak: El Grupo Loop Trail, Rift Trail, Fire 7 Trail, Tecolote Trail, Enchanted Peak Trail

Overall the trails and climb to the peak were pretty easy. The final few hundred feet going to the summit involved some upper class 2. I didn't need to use my hands but a little care should be taken to avoid sliding on the very upper portion of the trail. At the summit, there was a sign that pointed out many of the major peaks looking East, such as Tumamoc Hill, Sentinel, and many of the major high points in the Catalinas mountains.

Stats:
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Distance (round trip) = 5.2 miles
AEG = 513 feet
Strava moving time = 2 hours exactly
Strava elapsed time = 2 hrs 42 mins

Culture

Culture [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Informational/Interpretive Sign

Named place

Named place [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Enchanted Peak Sentinel Peak Tolson Peak AKA Gladwin Peak Tumamoc Hill

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