Type: Trail, Loop
Difficulty: 7 / 10
Altitude: 8,000 ft
Elev. Gain/Loss: 300 ft / 300 ft
Dog Friendly: Yes
Jog-Stroller Friendly: Unknown
Filed Under: Hiking, Running
This run known as the Seven Sisters is also the first loop of the Soulstice Mountain Trail Run. The run heads out on Schultz Pass Road for about a 1/2 mile and turns onto a steep two-track road that connects with the pipeline road (AKA 7 Sisters). Once on the pipeline make a left and follow the pipeline west. You will encounter 7 very steep ups and downs with loose, rocky footing. Make a right onto the Old Weatherford Road (there is a fence) and climb this until you connect with Forest Road 6273. Bear to the right and the run gently contours the mountain with a gradual descent to Schultz Pass Road. Make a left at Schultz Pass and complete the loop. If you have the energy, climb Sunset Trail and complete the Soulstice Loop!
Drive north out of Flagstaff on US 180 to FR 420 (Schultz Pass Road - Just past Museum of Northern Arizona) Drive 6 miles east on FR 420 (bear to left at Elden lookout road) to the trailhead at a parking lot on the south side of the road.
See following link for map directions: http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coconino/recreation/peaks/sunset-tr.shtml
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