Mount Kimball via Pima Canyon Trail Photoset • LindaAnn • 2025-12-21 • HikeArizona.COM

Mount Kimball via Pima Canyon Trail, AZ

	2025-12-21
	11 by LindaAnn

Mount Kimball via Pima Canyon Trail

Tucson, AZ

Mount Kimball via Pima Canyon Trail

Tucson, AZ

Hiking	14.61 Miles	4,916 AEG

Hiking	14.61 Miles	9 Hrs 14 Mns	1.76 mph
	4,916 ft AEG	56 Mns Break

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Daniela and I opted for Kimball today to get a good hike in before Christmas. Got to the trailhead a little after 0630 and headed up Pima Canyon. Took our time on the ascent. First three miles were easy, then progressively steeper and rougher. Noticed a few new, well placed, switchbacks near the top of the canyon.

Had the summit to ourselves, where we ate lunch. The descent felt longer than seven miles. A helicopter was flying back and forth over the ridge as we headed down the canyon. It hovered over us long enough that I actually checked my InReach and phone to make sure I hadn’t accidentally triggered any sort of SOS. Hopefully they found whoever was in need of assistance.

Oddly enough, when I was on Kimball this past May, we had a few snow flurries, and today, on the first day of astronomical winter, it was incredibly warm—84 degrees at the finish.

	Pima Canyon	Pools to trickle	Pools to trickle
	Some pools here and there in the canyon.

	Pima Spring	Dripping	Dripping
	Just enough water to keep you alive

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Stop crying and just go do the hike.

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