#8 - Quartz Ridge Trail
5.9 mi · ▲ 1,973 ft · 2 hr 57 min
#8 - Quartz Ridge Trail is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Phoenix Mountains Preserve near Doubletree Canyon, AZ. It climbs 1,973 ft, with sections as steep as 36% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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#8 - Quartz Ridge Trail
5.9 mi · ▲ 1,973 ft · 2 hr 57 min
Elevation 1,603–2,419 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
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto #8 - Quartz Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 500 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~42 min). Leave by 5:49 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:29 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 643 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- #8 - Quartz Ridge Trail via #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 1,671 ft
- #8 - Quartz Ridge Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 1,945 ft
- #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail 5.7 mi · ▲ 1,777 ft
- #8 - Quartz Ridge Trail 6.2 mi · ▲ 2,060 ft
- #8 - Quartz Ridge Trail 6.3 mi · ▲ 2,029 ft
- #100 - Charles M. Christiansen Trail 6.4 mi · ▲ 1,887 ft
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