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Phoenix Mountains Preserve

#8 - Quartz Ridge Trail

2.7 mi · ▲ 608 ft · 1 hr 12 min

#8 - Quartz Ridge Trail is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Phoenix Mountains Preserve near Clearview Hills, AZ. It climbs 608 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 29/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,578 – 1,834 ft · steepest grade: 25%3.2 mi

Getting there

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

2.7 mi · ▲ 608 ft · 1 hr 12 min

Elevation 1,578–1,835 ft

Out & Back · Phoenix Mountains Preserve

Trailhead: 33.54459, -112.00166

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

  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 miTurn left onto #304 - Nature Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 200 ftContinue straight onto #8 - Quartz Ridge Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  13. 450 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  14. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  15. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  16. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/8-quartz-ridge-trail-out-back-4-km-93b0

Trail surface

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:06 AMSunset 6:50 PM

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