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  • About an hour's drive from exiting the I-10, heading south on Estrella Parkway, your adventure begins on the road. The scenery transitions from a beautiful golf course community to farm lands then to remote desert. Around the intersection of Bullard Avenue and Riggs Road, an unmarked dirt road (around 6 miles) begins paralleling phone lines towards the mountain range. If you drive some little car or pseudo SUV with only 2wd, you might get stuck in the sand. Most of it is shallow but there are some deep sand areas where lower vehicles could get trapped. You're better off heading towards the trail in a 4wd high clearance vehicle. You'll eventually hit a "T" intersection. Veer right and you'll see a tiny vertical pole sign that says "Trail." Then go for another 2 miles and turn left at the second tiny replica sign that says "Trail." You eventually reach the dirt parking area. There is a single outhouse with no running water in case all that jiggling on the off-road part got to you! The hiking trail itself ascends the entire way and seldom has flat areas. Believe it or not, going up is easier technically because it's more a pain in the butt heading down since there's so much loose gravel and rock shards. But don't get me wrong, your cardio will really have its fair share of hard work as you climb about 2,473 ft. The actual summit is around 4,000 ft but you start at around 1,500 ft in the valley. (Sorry - rough "guesstimates"). The entire trail was shiny because it was full of bits of quartz and other mirror like rocks. This trail hugs ridges all the way to the peak. The last quarter mile is where the real scrambling begins. The trail is not as obvious and you have to take your time "finding" the cairns to lead you the way to the top. Breathtaking views await at the top. We were so high that we spotted a few hawks flying under us. There were some cool black lizards along the hike but luckily no snake sightings as we were warned. We found a geocache treasure at the top and logged our climb in the journal inside. That was a fun surprise! Sitting on the quartz was unique because it felt so cold! We were lucky that it rained the day before because temperatures were in the 70s and made it cooler to hike since there was not a whole lot of shade cover on this hike. It's definitely worth trying at least once in your lifetime. I would recommend bringing along a friend since it's so isolated. We only saw one other couple hiking the entire time! This is a hike recommended for more experienced hikers and it definitely is weather dependent too.
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