Leslie, a Tuesday Docent, had talked about the new trail head at Granite Mountain in the Scottsdale McDowell Sonoran Preserve and the interesting rock formations. When we arrived, we looked at the map and decided to go out on the Bootlegger Trail to the Granite Mountain Loop and the last mile back on Powerline Road. Many interesting rock formations and fascinating flora. The trail is in great shape and is well marked. There are signs at all the intersections and with detailed directions telling the distance to the next intersection.
We saw the ribcages of many dead or dying saguaros.
We came across this saguaro that had a tertiary arm - primary arms off the trunk, secondary arms off the primary arms and a tertiary arm off a secondary arm.
There are great views east and north from this overlook.
The bees were busy on these flowers - I need to figure out what they are.
We came across many places like this where there were rocks that were balanced on top of others, so I zoomed in to see this one.
A very nice hike, at a leisurely pace, covering a little more than six miles in about two hours and forty five minutes. We will be back.
We saw the ribcages of many dead or dying saguaros.
We came across this saguaro that had a tertiary arm - primary arms off the trunk, secondary arms off the primary arms and a tertiary arm off a secondary arm.
There are great views east and north from this overlook.
The bees were busy on these flowers - I need to figure out what they are.
We came across many places like this where there were rocks that were balanced on top of others, so I zoomed in to see this one.
A very nice hike, at a leisurely pace, covering a little more than six miles in about two hours and forty five minutes. We will be back.
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