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Phoenix Mountains Preserve

#8 - Quartz Ridge Trail via #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 1,671 ft · 2 hr 20 min

#8 - Quartz Ridge Trail via #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Phoenix Mountains Preserve near Doubletree Canyon, AZ. It climbs 1,671 ft, with sections as steep as 39% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,506 – 2,418 ft · steepest grade: 39%4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.55738, -111.98241
Nearest town Doubletree Canyon, AZ
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#8 - Quartz Ridge Trail via #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 1,671 ft · 2 hr 20 min

Elevation 1,506–2,419 ft

Out & Back · Phoenix Mountains Preserve

Trailhead: 33.55738, -111.98241

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 6:51 PM

Transit-accessible: stop 643 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 1.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  4. 0.5 miTurn left onto #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail, heading W.
  5. 250 ftTurn right onto #8 - Quartz Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.3 miReach #8 - Quartz Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left onto #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail, heading S.
  8. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  9. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  10. 1.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 0.1 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-bc25

Trail surface

63% dirt37% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:05 AMSunset 6:51 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~47 min). Leave by 5:44 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:30 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: stop 643 m from the trailhead

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