April 24, Sedona Teacup Trail, Soldiers Pass Trail, Grand Central Trail


Kevin on Teacup Trail

Francine is still hacking and coughing all night, but, amazingly,  she again rallied for a ride today.  This was another short ride but super fun, and beautiful area.  One of the locals mentioned Teacup trail as a favorite, so we put it on our list.

Parked at the Teacup parking lot, and climbed Teacup trail to Jordan.  A bit of hiking in the beginning, but lots of smooth sections and a nice swoopy finish down to Soldier's Pass road.  We added another fun section of trail by heading out Soldier's Pass Rd. then coming back on Soldier's Pass trail.  We saw more hikers on our fun descent on the Soldier's Pass trail, but they were all super friendly.  Checked out the 7 pools.  Currently more like 5 puddles.  It has been pretty dry.

Continued out on Jordan Trail, retracing our steps from a previous day to Ant Trail.  Kevin climbed up and over Ant Hill, and Francine continued around Ant Hill on Ant Trail to the second intersection with Grand Central.  We descended Grand Central to Crusty trail and climbed back to the Adobe jack trailhead parking area.  The descent was good, but not as fun as Javelina, which we rode down last time.   At the Adobe Jack trailhead, Francine recuperated in the shade and Kevin rode streets back to our starting point.  Another great loop!

Kev on Teacup

Francine on Teacup

Francine at the end of Soldiers Pass Trail

Soldiers Pass Trail - at the 7 Pools

Francine on Grand Central Trail

1 comment:

tomd said...

Sweet Posts Kevin .Soldiers Pass Trail pics are too beautiful. Francine was rocking it !