Thanks for posting your long ride. I ride and hike these locally. May I suggest from Desert Park you cut across WIndgate Pass to get to Bell Pass to cut out the hike-a-bike up and down Toms and East End. Also, adding on a left off Gateway on Paradise to Quartz is a fun trail. Then left up Quartz over to down Taliesin and right back to Westworld and on to Gateway TH. Another challenging loop is Westworld (or Horizon Park) - up Taliesin - across Lost Dog Wash - up Sunrise Peak - across Andrew Kinney and Sonoran Lower - Dixie Mine - Prospector - to Bell Pass - to Gateway - Paradise - Quartz - Westworld (or Horizon Park) (26 miles or so). Get a map from any TH for Scottsdale McDowell Sonoran Preserve to show these trails and the connections to McDowell Mtn Park.
