![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50107a.jpg)
Approaching 5-way intersection (1.29 miles out; view NE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50108a.jpg)
Middle of 5-way intersection (1.29 miles out; view E) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50109a.jpg)
Middle of 5-way intersection (1.29 miles out; view NE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50111a.jpg)
Confusing trail intersection sign (1.29 miles out; view NE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50112a.jpg)
Middle of 5-way intersection (1.29 miles out; view E) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50124a.jpg)
Side road -- not the trail (1.29 miles out; view S) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/SX280_05634a.jpg)
Blue Tree Loop Trail (1.33 miles out; view SE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-cm/13-ChrisM.jpg)
Blue Tree Loop Trail (1.44 miles out; view NE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50125a.jpg)
Merging onto dirt road (1.51 miles out; view SE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50126a.jpg)
Dirt road -- not the trail (1.51 miles out; view SW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50127a.jpg)
Blue Tree Loop Trail (1.55 miles out; view NE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50128a.jpg)
Not a fork in the road (1.56 miles out; view NE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50129a.jpg)
Blue Tree Loop Trail (1.66 miles out; view NE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-cm/15-ChrisM.jpg)
Blue Tree Loop Trail (1.71 miles out; view NE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50130a.jpg)
Blue Tree Loop Trail (1.75 miles out; view N) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50131a.jpg)
Random trail marker (1.75 miles out; view NE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50132a.jpg)
The road seems to just end (1.82 miles out; view NE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50133a.jpg)
Blue Tree Loop Trail (1.94 miles out; view N) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50134a.jpg)
Blue Tree Loop Trail (2.24 miles out; view S) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50135a.jpg)
Blue Tree Loop Trail (2.30 miles out; view SE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50136a.jpg)
Blue Tree Loop Trail (2.39 miles out; view SW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50137a.jpg)
Blue Tree Loop Trail (2.41 miles out; view SW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50138a.jpg)
Blue Tree Loop Trail (2.47 miles out; view NE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50139a.jpg)
Blue Tree Loop Trail (2.80 miles out; view N) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50140a.jpg)
Trail crosses road (2.90 miles out; view SE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50141a.jpg)
Road--not the trail (2.90 miles out; view S) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50142a.jpg)
Trail continues across road (2.90 miles out; view SE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50143a.jpg)
Trail continues across slope (2.91 miles out; view SE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-cm/20-ChrisM.jpg)
6912 ft elevation -- high elevation Joshua Tree (2.95 miles out) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50144a.jpg)
Trail forks; stay left (2.97 miles out; view NE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50145a.jpg)
Blue Tree Loop Trail (2.98 miles out; view NE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50146a.jpg)
Blue Tree Loop Trail (3.05 miles out; view SE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50147a.jpg)
Blue Tree Loop Trail (3.27 miles out; view NE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50148a.jpg)
Trail merges onto a road (3.35 miles out; view E) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50151a.jpg)
Looking back at trail sign (3.35 miles out; view N) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50149a.jpg)
Road up the hill--not the trail (3.35 miles out; view N) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50150a.jpg)
Trail goes down road to next road (3.35 miles out; view S) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50152a.jpg)
Hiker at next road intersection (3.37 miles out; view S) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50154a.jpg)
Looking back at trail sign (3.38 miles out; view W) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50155a.jpg)
Trail turns left onto next road (3.38 miles out; view E) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50157a.jpg)
Looking back to previous trail junction (3.38 miles out; view N) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50156a.jpg)
Trail continues on road (3.38 miles out; view E) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50158a.jpg)
Blue Tree Loop Trail (3.57 miles out; view NE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50159a.jpg)
Blue Tree Loop Trail (3.77 miles out; view E) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50160a.jpg)
Hiker approaching road intersection (3.94 miles out; view NE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-cm/27-ChrisM.jpg)
Trail continues straight at road intersection (3.95 miles out; view NE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50161a.jpg)
Looking up side road--not the trail (3.95 miles out; view N) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50162a.jpg)
Trail continues straight across road intersection (view NE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-cm/30-ChrisM.jpg)
Trail dips through gully into campsite (3.96 miles out; view NE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50164a.jpg)
Hiker passing campsite (3.98 miles out; view SE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50165a.jpg)
Blue Tree Loop Trail (4.02 miles out; view SE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50166a.jpg)
Blue Tree Loop Trail (4.18 miles out; view SE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50167a.jpg)
Road stays left around gravel pit (4.19 miles out; view SE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-cm/32-ChrisM.jpg)
Gravel pit (4.20 miles out; view SE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](../Trailheads/GravelPitTh/p-gpth/RX10_15883a.jpg)
Approaching Gravel Pit Trailhead parking (4.23 miles out; view E) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/RX10_15880a.jpg)
Gravel Pit Trailhead parking (4.24 miles out; view E) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](../Trailheads/GravelPitTh/p-gpth/RX10_15885a.jpg)
Passing trailhead heading towards Lee Canyon Road (view S) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_20738a.jpg)
Trail runs up Lee Canyon Road (4.45 miles out; view SW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/SX280_06693a.jpg)
Trail runs off edge of canyon (4.50 miles out; view SW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/SX280_06694a.jpg)
Trail drops into Lee Canyon (4.51 miles out; view SW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-cm/42-ChrisM.jpg)
Trail crosses wash (4.75 miles out; view SW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-cm/44-ChrisM.jpg)
Trail junction (4.79 miles out; view SW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-cm/46-ChrisM.jpg)
View west from trail junction (4.79 miles out; view SW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50173a.jpg)
Hiker departing trail junction (4.80 miles out; view SW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50174a.jpg)
Hiker at wash crossing (4.93 miles out; view W) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50175a.jpg)
Wash crossing (4.94 miles out; view W) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-cm/50-ChrisM.jpg)
Trail runs on north side of wash (4.95 miles out; view SW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50176a.jpg)
Crossing wash to south side (5.01 miles out; view S) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50177a.jpg)
Trail on south side of wash (5.03 miles out; view S) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50178a.jpg)
Blue Tree Loop Trail (5.19 miles out; view S) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50179a.jpg)
Entering a patch of sagebrush (5.23 miles out; view SW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-cm/51-ChrisM.jpg)
Patch of sagebrush (5.25 miles out; view W) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50180a.jpg)
Trail on side of hill (5.48 miles out; view SW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50181a.jpg)
Trail in canyon bottom (5.62 miles out; view W) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50182a.jpg)
Trail passes below layered cliffs (5.90 miles out; view S) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50183a.jpg)
Crossing side wash with cairn (6.00 miles out; view W) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50184a.jpg)
Crossing another side wash (6.20 miles out; view W) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-cm/61-ChrisM.jpg)
Lots of little side washes (6.26 miles out; view SW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50185a.jpg)
Trail on north side of wash (6.35 miles out; view SW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50186a.jpg)
Wash crossing; trail goes down the wash (6.51 miles out; view SW) |
Trail goes down the wash (6.51 miles out; view SE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50188a.jpg)
Trail crosses the canyon bottom (6.52 miles out; view SE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50189a.jpg)
Trail crosses the canyon bottom (6.54 miles out; view SW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50190a.jpg)
Blue Tree Loop Trail (6.58 miles out; view W) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50191a.jpg)
Crossing wash to north side (6.59 miles out; view W) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50192a.jpg)
Parts of the trail are washed away (6.63 miles out; view SW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50193a.jpg)
Trail abruptly starts up and across hillside (6.67 miles out; view SW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-cm/70-ChrisM.jpg)
Trail climbs up and across hillside (6.68 miles out; view SW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50194a.jpg)
Steepest part of Blue Tree Trail Loop Trail (6.73 miles out; view SW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50195a.jpg)
Not so steep trail (6.78 miles out; view SW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-cm/71-ChrisM.jpg)
Canyon narrows are visible below (6.78 miles out; view SW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50196a.jpg)
Trail traverses side-slope above narrows (6.80 miles out; view SW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50197a.jpg)
Trail returns to canyon bottom (6.94 miles out; view SW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-cm/72-ChrisM.jpg)
Trail runs along the wash (7.00 miles out; view SW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50199a.jpg)
Approaching wrecked car (7.03 miles out; view SW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50200a.jpg)
Wrecked car (7.04 miles out; view S) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50201a.jpg)
Wrecked car (7.04 miles out; view NW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50202a.jpg)
Continuing past wrecked car (7.06 miles out; view SW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50203a.jpg)
Another wrecked car in the wash (7.07 miles out; view S) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50204a.jpg)
Another wrecked car in the wash (7.07 miles out; view NW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50205a.jpg)
Trail on north side of wash (7.11 miles out; view SW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50206a.jpg)
Trail abruptly exits wash bottom (7.13 miles out; view S) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-cm/75-ChrisM.jpg)
Trail climbs out of wash into sagebrush (7.14 miles out; view NW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50207a.jpg)
Hiker in sagebrush patch (7.14 miles out; view NW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50208a.jpg)
Trail runs through tall sagebrush (7.15 miles out; view NW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50209a.jpg)
Hiker at top of sagebrush patch (7.18 miles out; view NW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50210a.jpg)
Steep trail follows old gravel pit road (7.21 miles out; view N) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50211a.jpg)
Steep trail follows old gravel pit road (7.24 miles out; view N) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-cm/77-ChrisM.jpg)
Steep trail follows old gravel pit road (7.28 miles out; view NE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50212a.jpg)
Steep trail approaching top of slope (7.30 miles out; view NE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50213a.jpg)
Hiker at top of slope (7.34 miles out; view NE) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50214a.jpg)
Trail crosses back over Lee Canyon Road (7.35 miles out; view W) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50215a.jpg)
Trail crosses past highway sign (7.35 miles out; view W) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50216a.jpg)
Dirt road starts by highway sign (7.37 miles out; view W) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50217a.jpg)
Trail follows dirt road (7.38 miles out; view N) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50218a.jpg)
Trail at road intersection (7.40 miles out; view NW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50219a.jpg)
Trail diagonals across dirt road (7.40 miles out; view W) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50220a.jpg)
Trail continues past road (7.41 miles out; view W) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50221a.jpg)
Blue Tree Loop Trail (7.45 miles out; view SW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50222a.jpg)
Blue Tree Loop Trail (7.50 miles out; view S) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50223a.jpg)
Hiker passing shortcut into Lower Sawmill Parking (4.53 miles out) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50225a.jpg)
Sign at trail junction (7.53 miles out; view E) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50224a.jpg)
Trail continues past junction (7.53 miles out; view W) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50226a.jpg)
Blue Tree Loop Trail (7.58 miles out; view NW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50227a.jpg)
Trail junction--closing the loop (7.60 miles out; view NW) |
![Blue Tree Loop Trail](p-bt/S120_50228a.jpg)
Trail continues towards trailhead (7.60 miles out; view SW) |