Weaver’s Needle Cross Loop

I hiked a loop that included Weaver’s Needle Crosscut trail on February 11, 2024. The loop begins with the Dutchman’s Trail and Brush Spring Trail that forms the end of the Cave Trail loop. I continued on the Brush Spring Trail through a pass into Needle Canyon. I then hopped on the Terrapin Trail to Bluff Saddle where I began the Weaver’s Needle Crosscut Trail. The first half or so of the crosscut trail is easy to follow but the last half requires some scrambling before a fairly quick descent to the Peralta Trail. I don’t think I followed a typical path but I could see the Peralta Trail and just navigated my way down it. I then returned on the Peralta Trail through Fremont’s Saddle and down to the Peralta Trailhead. This was a beautiful day hike that I will definitely do again.

Walk-Specific Map

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Elevation Profile

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A sanitized GPX file of our hike is here.

Summary Information

NUM trackID Primary Description Distance CumDist DeltaElev
1 WVRC01 Weaver's Needle Crosscut Loop (Dutchman's Tr) Peralta TH to Bluff Spring Tr 0.05 0.05 13
2 WVRC02 Weaver's Needle Crosscut Loop (Bluff Spring Tr) Bluff Spring Tr to Cave Tr 0.68 0.73 504
3 WVRC03 Weaver's Needle Crosscut Loop (Bluff Spring Tr) Cave Tr to Terrapin Tr 1.66 2.40 217
4 WVRC04 Weaver's Needle Crosscut Loop (Terrapin Tr) Bluff Spring Tr to Weaver's Crosscut Tr 0.85 3.25 200
5 WVRC05 Weaver's Needle Crosscut Loop (Weaver's Crosscut Tr) Terrapin Tr to Peralta Tr 1.07 4.31 -137
6 WVRC06 Weaver's Needle Crosscut Loop (Peralta Tr) Weaver's Crosscut Tr to Fremont Saddle 1.37 5.69 557
7 WVRC07 Weaver's Needle Crosscut Loop (Peralta Tr) Fremont Saddle to Peralta TH 2.31 8.00 -1357