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A Hike Along The Bear Creek Oasis Trail By David Wood Just before Thanksgiving we hiked the Bear Creek Oasis Trail. This is located behind the La Quinta Cove. Depending on what source you look at, its about 8-9 miles round trip. The hike out to the oasis involves winding our way up and along [...]
The Art Smith Hiking Trail By David Wood I recently took some friends to see some fun scenery around the Art Smith Trail and Dead Indian Canyon. We saw some desert hares running around, and a swarm of bees. I have seen many bighorn in this area. The trailhead is on Hwy 74 (Monterrey ave) [...]
The La Quinta cove trails, July 2008, we saw a bighorn looking down and watching us hike past.
This video is a nice hike through Murray Canyon in November, 2008. Beautiful indigenous palms and running water. People on horseback also use this trail!
Even in the middle of Summer, many people hike at the top of the La Quinta Cove, usually starting about sunrise. It doesn’t get too hot until 10am, at least that is when I would be off the trail! I usually like to start about 5:30-6:00am, and am done by 9:00am at the latest.
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