Location: North Scottsdale area, cross streets are about 128th street and Happy Valley.
Accessibility/Parking (Volkswagon Golf or Jeep Cherokee): VW Golf, paved parking lot that is pretty spacious.
Challenge Level (1: A female in her late 20’s in decent shape thought it was easy as pie to 5: Gonna need a forklift to help me finish this): 3, the hike is 4.2 miles with about a 1000 foot elevation gain.
Best Time: Generally Oct-April is probably the best time, unless you can handle the heat.
Overall Rating (1: Wouldn’t recommend 2: Bleh 3: Fun but wouldn’t do it again 4: Loved it 5: A favorite, must plan return trip immediately): 4, I enjoyed this in comparison to other hikes in Phoenix. For us it was only about a 30 minute drive and easy to get to, and was not quite as busy as Camelback or Piestawa Peak.