McDowell Sonoran Ride

Today Mark and I rode into the McDowell Sonoran Preserve (interactive trail map).

We went up the Desert Park trail, then up and over the pass on the Windgate trail, then down Windmill / Coachwhip, then south on Dixie Mine which dumped us onto a road. We rode pavement a few miles then jumped on the Lost Dog Wash trail, then Quartz, Paradise, Gateway Loop, and Horseshoe took us back where we started. 31 miles and 3850' climbing.

Riding up the Desert Park trail.


Looking down the Windgate trail from Windgate Pass.


Windmill trail.


Coachwhip trail.


Dixie Mine trail.