Pinnacle Peak, North Scottsdale, Arizona

 This is not a challenging trail and the trail head was very close to the Four Seasons  Residence Club in North Scottsdale where we were staying.  There was one area that had me winded on the way up but for the most part the trail is wide enough for two people to walk and talk.  There are built in stairs that are a bit high for bad knees but all in all it was a comfortable trail with some interesting views.

We set out as a group of 9 aged 21 to 65.  There is a place that you can set your cell phone into a stand to take timed shots so we took advantage of this with Zenon's phone.



We headed up towards the pointy rock behind us.  We had some other things planned later that day so we finished about 60 percent of this trail and headed back.








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