Looking for scrambles/backpacking near Tucson

[kob005]

My partner and I are planning a 2-3 night backpacking trip in or around Tucson in October, probably in Sabino Canyon or on Mount Lemmon. We love backpacking and maintained trails are fun, but, being from the east, we're eager to find some off trail "scrambles" or "canyoneering," probably no crazier than class 3 or 4; we will have a sturdy rope for lowering our backpacks for anything downhill, but do not want to bring more technical gear than that.

We've had a lot of fun in Joshua Tree and Death Valley where trails are just canyons; we could just look at a topo map to plan our route. We would love to do something similar.

But we want reliable water access and to avoid flash flooding, so we don't want to just search a topo map of Mount Lemmon and plan our own trip without some prior guidance. We are happy to be on established trails for a decent amount of the trek, but would be sad to not include some decent stretches of solitude and scrambles.

Anyone have any insights? Either on specific routes or of places we might find info about how technical canyons are, water access, and flash flooding?

Thanks so much!