![]() The AZT crosses the road at the cattle guard with the southbound trail starting about 50 yards down the road. The pistol hill trailhead is 2 miles down pistol hill road just before the first cattle guard. For those of you that want to avoid the park fee. The Colossal Vail 50/50, presented by Fleet Feet Tucson, is a trail running event with various distances using a beautiful high desert section of the Arizona Trail east of Tucson, Arizona, near the community of Vail on the ancestral lands of the Tohono O'odham. The trail then drops down into a flatter area of desert, rolling small hills and ends at Pistol Hill road. The trail follows the west side of the hill and the canyon opens up allowing wonderful views of the Rincon mountains and Tanque Verde ridge. After crossing to the east the trail follows a canyon out the north end of the park that goes from the east side of the drainage to the west side and then past a picnic ground with tables and campsites. This part of the trail is in a mesquite grove and is the most scenic area in the trail. There are a few intersecting trails that the horseback rides use that cross the trail. Then drops into the wash and circles the park on the eastern boarder. The trail traverses the hillside to the east of the park. This is where a small connector trail goes across the wash up a small incline to intersect the main Arizona trail. At the west end of the parking lot there is a small picnic ground with an aluminum gate. The trail head starts in the "Cowboy" parking lot which is part of the La Posta Quemata Ranch located within the parks boundaries.
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