East Cabin Loop - Intermediate

Distance: 18.76 miles full loop
Trailhead Elevation: 7200ft.
Accumulated Elevation Gain: ~2684ft.

Back from knee surgery and ready to hike!

Getting out of the heat in Phoenix means getting some altitude. Taking a trip through the historic portion of the Mogollon Rim with the Cabin Loop. The Cabin Loop Trail is the link between the earliest fire guard cabin network in this area of the Mogollon Rim and has its roots in the beginning of the Forest Service era here. The trail was developed between the General Springs Cabin, Pinchot Cabin and Buck Springs Fire Guard Station. Administratively, the cabins were part of the Bly Ranger District, now the Blue Ridge Office of the Mogollon Rim Ranger District. (from HikeAZ)

We'll be doing the eastern series to create a loop. We'll drive up Friday night and car camp near the Pinchot Cabin Trailhead and then get a fresh start in the morning on Saturday. We'll do the loop clockwise camping that night near Dane Canyon and finishing the loop the next day.

Link to Hike AZ map of trip: https://hikearizona.com/map.php?MY=31047&M=1

Please make sure you answer the questions in the RSVP. You don't answer, you don't go.

I will be leaving from the North Phoenix Valley, if you are coming from the east valley or somewhere else that this makes it inconvenient feel free to set up your own carpool in the comments.