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Sections of the Cholla Trail are steep.
View of Paradise Valley residences.
The trail leading up to the ridge.
Gorgeous ocotillo cactus.
Cholla cactus.
Saguaro cactus.
Scottsdale stretches out below Camelback Mountain.
The trail follows a ridge up to the summit.
Great views from the Cholla Trail, Camelback Mountian.
The Camelback Mountain summit.
Desert globemallow (Sphaeralcea Ambigua).
Cholla Trail on Camelback Mountain.
Barrel cactus.
Scottdale viewed from the summit of Camelback Mountain.