Arizona Sedona - Loy Canyon
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 10.93 mi
- Elevation gain
- 5,636 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 5,325 ft
- Max elevation
- 6,491 ft
- TrailRank
- 37
- Min elevation
- 4,697 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 4 hours 43 minutes
- Coordinates
- 769
- Uploaded
- April 7, 2009
- Recorded
- April 2009
near West Sedona, Arizona (United States)
Viewed 2305 times, downloaded 21 times
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Itinerary description
A nice canyon / forest walk with a steep climb and views at the end.
Take Forest road 525 Loy Canyon, a dirt road for all cars.
At the trail head first heading along a fence and a farm into the canyon.
The trail is sandy at first, making the hike a bit more difficult but the sand gradually becomes less and the footing becomes more firm.
The trail goes along a (dry) creek crossing it several times. The vegetation; small trees and scrubs at the beginning and larger trees (more shade) further along the trail. At point "climb" the trail goes left out of the canyon and the trees are gone (no shade) and there is a view of the canyon below. At "climb" the path goes steeply up until reaching "8 view point" at that point the trail levels off and a stretch with more dense scrubs blocking the path at some points up, to the end of the trail. For the last part shorts are not recommended.
In April 2009 there where some annoying bugs/small flies circling our head at the middle part and where gone after "climb". They didn't bite but where just annoying.
Hiking time 4 Hour 30 Min
Relatively easy up to point "climb", harder and steep after that up to point "8 view point" where the trail levels off.
http://www.efmer.eu/trails/usa/az/sedona/loy_canyon_trail.html
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Take Forest road 525 Loy Canyon, a dirt road for all cars.
At the trail head first heading along a fence and a farm into the canyon.
The trail is sandy at first, making the hike a bit more difficult but the sand gradually becomes less and the footing becomes more firm.
The trail goes along a (dry) creek crossing it several times. The vegetation; small trees and scrubs at the beginning and larger trees (more shade) further along the trail. At point "climb" the trail goes left out of the canyon and the trees are gone (no shade) and there is a view of the canyon below. At "climb" the path goes steeply up until reaching "8 view point" at that point the trail levels off and a stretch with more dense scrubs blocking the path at some points up, to the end of the trail. For the last part shorts are not recommended.
In April 2009 there where some annoying bugs/small flies circling our head at the middle part and where gone after "climb". They didn't bite but where just annoying.
Hiking time 4 Hour 30 Min
Relatively easy up to point "climb", harder and steep after that up to point "8 view point" where the trail levels off.
http://www.efmer.eu/trails/usa/az/sedona/loy_canyon_trail.html
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Waypoints
Waypoint
5,669 ft
Climb
Climb
Waypoint
4,509 ft
x
Waypoint
4,516 ft
525
Waypoint
4,656 ft
525
Car park
Waypoint
4,715 ft
wb
Panorama
6,154 ft
8 View Point
View Point end of the climb
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