Muggins Mountain West

This is a fun desert mountain trail that includes a combination of wide sand washes to very narrow, deep, meandering sand washes. There are vertical 20-foot side walls, sheer rock cliffs (some with petroglyphs), a section of tight, steep, rocky switchbacks, desert mountain ridge trails with lots of vertical development, ancient abandoned mines, and a fairly recent and nicely done shrine to a fellow SXS'r who loved this area (RIP, Buddy). Except for the short, steep switchback section rated a 5, the rest of the trail is an easy 2 to 3 with great mountain scenery to be enjoyed from the high ridge-top trails. As always, beware of flash flooding during the monsoon season--the deep gullies along this track can fill up in a heartbeat and wash away anything that is in the way.