AZ-Cathedral+Rock+Trail


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Yavapai County
=Cathedral Rock Trail= Coconino National Forest Sedona, Arizona 86336 Cathedral Rock Trail webpage Cathedral Rock Trail map

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Cathedral Rock Trail
Coordinates: 34.8246591, -111.7883831 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Cathedral Rock Trail
More of a rock climb than a hike, this trail is unshaded and steep and difficult in places. Follow the basket cairns across the wash and up the moderate slope toward the spires. At .25 mile, the trail emerges on a broad ledge with nice views. Then, it ascends steeply over bald rock and in a shallow cleft with a few toeholds notched into the rock to help on the steeper places.

Emerging on a small knob, cairns show the way up and across several ledges toward the deep drainage ahead which it follows, climbing moderately steeply to the top of a wide saddle between two spires. Great views all along, but quite spectacular from the top. An unmaintained path leads south along the west base of the spires giving access, with short climbs, to two more saddles between sheer rock faces and a close-up view of an exposed lava dike at the first. Return by the same route for a 1.5-mile hike. Hot in summer. From Cathedral Rock Trail webpage



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