点评:This trail follows the rim of the area around the airport. We were told at the Sedona visitors center that it was a beautiful view. It was, in fact, gorgeous but the volunteer didn’t say how rocky it was. I suspect she had never been on the trail. (Why do they let people work there who haven’t been trained?)
As four people in their late 60’s and early 70’s we found it extremely challenging and were only able to go at 1 mile per hour. Three of us had walking sticks. Without them, your quads would be totally strained and you might fall. There is no elevation to the hike so they rate it easy to moderate. It is definitely moderate at minimum.
The first half of the trail looks out on Bell Rock, Courthouse Butte, Cathedral Rock and it is drop dead gorgeous. The first 5 minutes had steep drop offs. After that the drop offs weren’t that steep but the rocks were relentless. Then as we rounded the bend to see the valley from the west side the initial view was great and the soil changed. No longer on red rock but rather regular dirt. It was drizzling on top of the other challenges and our hiking boots were caked with mud. Then, we had to follow the chain linked fence along the airport. That wasn’t interesting at all once you saw the western view. We finally found an opening after 3 hours and were able to get to the airport vista point. A nice couple took me down to the original parking lot and I retrieved our car and drove back up to the airport vista overview to retrieve the other three in our party. Thank goodness they gave us the ride or it would have taken another 45-60 minutes to make it down.
The young people on the trail had an easy time and could do the trail in 90 minutes to two hours.
You can see the east overview by parking (only 6-8 spots), walking up 30 or so steps. To see the west overview drive up and park for $3 at the airport lot. Highly recommend doing that and going on a different hike.
翻译:这条小路沿着机场周围区域的边缘延伸。我们在塞多纳游客中心被告知这是一个美丽的景色。事实上,它很漂亮,但志愿者没有说它有多岩石。我怀疑她从来没有走过这条路。 (为什么他们让没有受过培训的人在那里工作?)
作为四个 60 岁末和 70 岁出头的人,我们发现这极具挑战性,而且只能以每小时 1 英里的速度行驶。我们三个人拿着拐杖。没有它们,你的股四头肌就会完全紧张,你可能会摔倒。加息没有升高,因此他们认为很容易调节。至少绝对是中等的。
步道的前半段可以眺望钟岩 (Bell Rock)、法院山 (Courthouse Butte)、大教堂岩 (Cathedral Rock),景色美极了。前 5 分钟急剧下降。之后,坡度不再那么陡峭,但岩石却无情无情。然后,当我们绕过弯道从西侧看到山谷时,最初的景色很棒,土壤也发生了变化。不再是红色的岩石,而是普通的泥土。除了其他挑战之外,还下着毛毛雨,我们的登山靴上沾满了泥。然后,我们必须沿着机场沿线的铁链围栏走。一旦你看到西方的观点,那就一点也不有趣了。 3小时后我们终于找到空位,顺利到达机场观景台。一对好心的夫妇带我到原来的停车场,我取回了我们的车,然后开车回到机场远景概览处,取回了我们队伍中的其他三人。谢天谢地,他们让我们搭车,否则还需要 45-60 分钟才能到达。
这条步道上的年轻人玩得很轻松,90分钟到两个小时就能走完这条步道。
停车(只有6-8个停车位),走30多级台阶就可以看到东面的全景。想要欣赏西边的景色,可以开车前往,并花 3 美元将车停在机场停车场。强烈建议您这样做并进行不同的徒步旅行。