We drove up to Sedona, Arizona to hike around Cathedral Rock. We started up towards the Hiline Trail to the far side of Cathedral Rock, then came back on the Templeton Trail and the Hermit Trail (with a side trip up Cathedral Rock. 8 miles with 900 ft of overall gain. Gorgeous views as the trail wound around Cathedral Rock.
We took a short connector trail up to the Hiline Trail. This trail went up and around the other side of this striking rock feature.
Looking across the valley
Looking back to Courthouse Butte and Bell Rock
more views across the valley
Our first view of Cathedral Rock
View of the large rock feature as the Hiline Trail wound around to the other side.
Getting closer to Cathedral Rock
Looking back to the Rabbit Ears (zoom)
Love the colors in Red Rock Country
Zoom of Cathedral Rock as we continued around the loop
Some sections of the Hiline Trail were steep and we carefully slid down the rocks
This was a very noisy bird along the trail
Cathedral Rock is so interesting to see all the way around the loop
This sign was posted on the far side, after we passed the the "extreme difficult" section. I think the extreme difficulty is in regards to the bicyclists. Although we did meet a woman on this section who told us she wandered around for 1-1/2 hours trying to find where the trail went up through the rocks.
View of Cathedral Rock from the back side (from our first view)
The Templeton Trail went past Oak Creek for a ways. This section was nice and cool.
The route up to Cathedral Rock is steep, with scrambling needed in places. I did not feel comfortable stopping to take photos in those areas.
View from Cathedral Rock
After a lunch break, we went back down from Cathedral Rock to the Templeton Trail, so many gorgeous views along the way. We loved how these trails meandered giving us varied views of the area
Views looking back up at Cathedral Rock:
zoom of Cathedral Rock
Looking up towards the first large rock formation we went halfway around on the Hiline Trail 
Views across the valley as we continue on the Templeton Trail
Courthouse Butte from the trailhead
Bell Rock from the trailhead (zoom)
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