Mar 10, 2018 — I've passed both these trailheads (Soldiers Trail and Babad Do'ag Trail) a bunch of times, but neither seemed long or interesting enough to do individually, so I tried to contrive a route that linked the two. Starting at the Babad Do'ad Trailhead, follow a pretty trail, though sort of unremarkable, up rolling Tucson hills until you reach a shallow canyon leading to a trickling waterfall. The trail takes you around the canyon to the top of the fall, where the Babad Do'ag Trail official ends. From here, you'll see a light social trail past the "End of Trail" sign. Follow this most of the way, and even though you likely will lose it like I did, keep along the base of the slopes until you crest a ridge and can see the Soldiers Trail below. Locate a use trail that takes you down to the Soldiers Trail. In my opinion, the Soldiers Trail was is much more scenic than the Babad Do'ag Trail and I was happy to have made this into a loop. Follow the trail as it bypasses a major dryfall before it continues down to the Mt. Lemmon Highway. Follow the paved road for a couple miles back to the Babad Do'ag Trailhead.
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