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Mar 18, 2018 — This loop heads through the desert hills of the White Tank Mountains along a nicely maintained trail. I started clockwise by taking the Goat Camp Trail, which was a pretty uneventful trail. The Goat Camp Trail consists of a lot of winding along shallow canyon hillsides. Eventually it reaches the base of Barry Goldwater Peak, where a cairn marked the turn-off used to reach the summit. While still a trail, it's unmaintained and quite a bit more steep than the official trail system. It leads up to service road that continued to the summit.
Once back from Barry Goldwater Peak, I continued along the Goat Camp Trail as it starts to head back east and meets at a junction with the Mesquite Canyon Trail. This trail has some more interesting rock features than the Goat Camp Trail, making it a bit more of an enjoyable portion of the hike. Once I reached the end of the Mesquite Canyon Trail, I considered just heading back to my car, but instead decided to follow the Waterfall Trail as a short side-trip. The waterfall wasn't flowing, but the canyon was a worthwhile, though popular over-developed, addition to the loop. I followed White Tank Mountain Road back to my car afterward.
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