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| Hiking | 16.10 Miles |
5,408 AEG |
| | Hiking | 16.10 Miles | | | |
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| no partners | | Runkeeper shows an elevation gain of 5400 feet. Most of that came in the first 6 miles as the
sun shone bright in a blue sky and the temperature quickly rose into the 80s. The moisture
soaking my back, all sweat.
Tonight, the wind is blowing in a storm with a touch of snow forecast for the town of Mt
Lemmon four miles behind. We're hunkered down with the rain guard affixed and the stakes
holding our tents.
We climbed into the 7000-foot range with pine, streams, and large granite formations. It
reminded me of portions of the Sierras on the PCT.
Day hikers began appearing on the trail. A sign a town is close by. Thirty miles east of Tucson in
the Catalina mountains is the town of Mt Lemmon. It has the distinction of hosting the
southernmost ski resort in the continental U.S. A mile walk up the canyon road into town. A
large chocolate chip cookie, water resupply, another mile on blacktop and we were back on the
AZT.
With a storm forecast our goal was to drop from 8000 feet to Dan’s Saddle at 6900 feet. Made
it by 6PM and set up camp.
Miles: 16.1
Total AZT: 405 |
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