This well-documented long pilgrimage route (marked as M5-route) results in a large loop around the region (Rosenheim and Kufsteinerland). It passes through mountain villages with stunning panoramas and crosses Germany and Austria. Countless chapels and historical landmarks can be found along the route. It crosses beautiful cities too, such as Rosenheim and Kufstein. It also crosses a mountain range, with the highest point being slightly below 1200 meters. 

This loop was just completed in February 2025, thanks to Eric Rulandjic and his team building a trail to connect Finger Rock Trail with Pontatoc Trail! It is now a 6.77 mile loop featuring one of the steepest and most technical trails in Tucson (Finger Rock) with one of the most flowy trails in Tucson (the new upper portion of Pontatoc)! The views are incredible no matter which way you run this route. If you go up Finger Rock and down Pontatoc (clockwise), you will ascend the steepest and most technical portion and run down a mostly flowy descent.

Open desert trail trail from the Bedouin Water point and Norwegian People's Aid Camp settlement area, (29°17'00.3"N 46°31'46.7"E) 20kms NNW of the Iraq/Kuwait/Saudi border to the village of Bussayyah (30°06'49.3"N 46°06'30.8"E) both of which are the only populated areas in the area and very easy to locate. The trail is sand/gravel with some sections (20%) of soft sand along the route. There is multiple tracks to follow as the area is completely flat and open excepting some very small rises and falls in places of not more than +/- 3 meters per instance.