Arizona Trailblazers Hiking Club
Marcus Landslide Day Hike
| when? |
Trip Report :
March 10, 2012
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| where? |
McDowell Sonoran Preserve |
| the hike |
This is a short educational hike on the edge of the McDowell Mountains
provided by the volunteer Stewards of the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy
(MSC). I (Wendy R.) am one of the Stewards that will be assisting on this
hike, and Dan Gruber, who gave the great Geology presentation at our
September 2011 Trailblazer club meeting, will actually be this hike’s
leader. You are welcome to join us to learn about the geology of the Marcus
Landslide area, the 2nd largest landslide in Arizona. We will be on
existing trails all the way to the edge of the landslide, then we’ll
scramble up a short distance onto the body of the landslide, where Dan
will show us some interesting features.
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| distance |
4 miles |
| time |
2-3 hours |
| EC |
+-50' elevation change |
| elevations |
2700' (Marcus Landslide) |
| on trail |
70% — unmarked trail |
| cost |
When car-pooling, pay your share the cost of gas. The club also allows
voluntary contributions of $1/member or $3/non-member.
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| rating |
"C-"
Rate yourself as a hiker. |
| dogs allowed |
no |
| weather |
Scottsdale |
| meet |
7:45 AM at the Brown’s Ranch Trailhead.
Directions to the Trailhead:
| 1. |
Loop 101 to North Scottsdale, exit at Princess / Pima Road
exit #36 (NOT at the other Pima Rd. exit, which is exit #42,
Pima / 90th St.).
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| 2. |
North on Pima to Dynamite Blvd.
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| 3. |
Right (east) on Dynamite to Alma School, which is at a stop light.
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| 4. |
Left on Alma School; take that until it ends at Brown’s
Ranch trailhead.
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Note: We will just be using BrownÕs Ranch trailhead as our meeting point.
From there, we carpool over to the actual starting point of the hike at
Marcus Landslide.
We do this because there is no actual trailhead for Marcus Landslide.
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