Loma Verde-Pink Hill-Squeeze Pen Hike

The Loma Verde-Pink Hill-Squeeze Pen loop is somewhere between 3.3 and 3.8 miles long.  This loop is one of many that can be made using the maze of trails that begin at the Loma Verde Trailhead along the loop drive in Saguaro National Park East.  We took a ranger-led hike along this loop that features the remains of the Loma Verde Mine, a short ascent (60 feet) of Pink Hill to a panoramic view of the cactus forest, and rolls of barbed wire dating from when cattle roamed this land.  This cactus forest is thick with many barrel and saguaro cacti among the mesquite, palo verde, and ocotillo.  Along the way, we saw two diamondback rattlesnakes.

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