I know it is hard to read, but the 3rd line down says "Very Steep Trail". We laughed at that one. Since it doesn't show Quantrell Trail, we went on the road to the left of this sign. Another time, we will try this trail.
Beautiful rock colors and trees - white oak!
Wow - what a trail! Have we really walked this far!!!! Didn't seem that long!
Aren't we cute? This was about 1/2 way up to the top. We decided they should have a picnic table and outhouse with water here.
After hiking up about 1000' to 5880 elevation, we saw several cell phone towers. After climbing on a large rock, we discovered a rainbow cactus! What a huge blessing and oddity! This type of cactus grows in very few locations. It is usually found at lower elevations, but since it is so protected here, it is, obviously, doing quite well. We did reach the end of this trail and we were higher that Elephant Head! We could see the snow on the Catalinas in Tucson. It was an amazing hike and well worth taking! We are still not sure that we were on the actual Quantrell Mine trail, but this wide road was easy to hike. The only challenge was the elevation. However, since there were many switch backs, it really wasn't too bad. We took our time and stopped as needed and the total time for the hike was about 2 1/2 hours. 
Yes, we found snow and I made a snowball to throw at Jim. Of course, I missed! We are actually hiking to the east of Elephand Head. We could see Pinion Pine trees in it - big surprise. We never noticed them from below.
After hiking up about 1000' to 5880 elevation, we saw several cell phone towers. After climbing on a large rock, we discovered a rainbow cactus! What a huge blessing and oddity! This type of cactus grows in very few locations. It is usually found at lower elevations, but since it is so protected here, it is, obviously, doing quite well. We did reach the end of this trail and we were higher that Elephant Head! We could see the snow on the Catalinas in Tucson. It was an amazing hike and well worth taking! We are still not sure that we were on the actual Quantrell Mine trail, but this wide road was easy to hike. The only challenge was the elevation. However, since there were many switch backs, it really wasn't too bad. We took our time and stopped as needed and the total time for the hike was about 2 1/2 hours. 
