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Phoenix Mountains Preserve

#8 - Quartz Ridge Trail

2 mi · ▲ 348 ft · 50 min

#8 - Quartz Ridge Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Phoenix Mountains Preserve near Clearview Hills, AZ. It climbs 348 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 29/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,618 – 1,834 ft2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.54459, -112.00166
Nearest town Clearview Hills, AZ
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#8 - Quartz Ridge Trail

2 mi · ▲ 348 ft · 50 min

Elevation 1,617–1,835 ft

Out & Back · Phoenix Mountains Preserve

Trailhead: 33.54459, -112.00166

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:06 AM · sunset 6:50 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Horses allowed on the whole route

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.4 miBear left onto #8 - Quartz Ridge Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  6. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  7. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  9. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  10. 450 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  11. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  12. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  13. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/8-quartz-ridge-trail-out-back-3-km-ca19

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:06 AMSunset 6:50 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Horses allowed on the whole route

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