This is a short, close in, loop type hike that starts at the southeast corner of the Saguaro
Coop RV Park. The first half of the hike is
identical to the First Fence Hike. But, at the first
junction with an ATV track, hikers can turn right and follow the
ATV track instead of continuing on the first fence. The trail up the the first ATV
junction is well used and easy to follow. The ATV
track is also well used and easy to follow. The ATV track
heads back northeast and follows a ridgeline until it drops off
the ridge and ends at a split in the ATV trail. One branch
of the split heads northwest back up the wash. Hikers on
Short Loop Hike should bear to right and head down the wash
heading northeast. This minor wash soon joins the major
wash. Again, hikers should bear to the right and continue
down the major wash. But, as the wash splits into minor
washes, hikers should keep bearing to the right, choosing minor
channels as long as they are "hikeable" and bearing to the
right. Eventually, hikers will see an ATV track leaving on
the right and then come up to the Bridge by the Maintenance
Shed. Hikers must crawl under the barbed wire fence that
crosses the wash just before the bridge.
There are no toilet facilities at the trailhead. The nearest public toilet facilities are in the clubhouse of the Saguaro Coop RV Park.