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Phoenix Mountains Preserve

#8 - Quartz Ridge Trail

4.4 mi · ▲ 657 ft · 1 hr 48 min

#8 - Quartz Ridge Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Phoenix Mountains Preserve near Clearview Hills, AZ. It climbs 657 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,404 – 1,834 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

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

4.4 mi · ▲ 657 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Elevation 1,405–1,835 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 right onto #8 - Quartz Ridge Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  4. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
  5. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  6. 0.3 miSharp left, heading E.
  7. 50 ftTurn right onto #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  12. 100 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  13. 0.3 miBear left onto #8 - Quartz Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  14. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  15. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  17. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  18. 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-7-km-0817

Trail surface

87% dirt13% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:06 AMSunset 6:50 PM

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