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Sabino Canyon Trail #23 - 20 members in 98 triplogs have rated this an average 3.7 ( 1 to 5 best )
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Mar 29 2026
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Sabino - Bear Canyon LoopTucson, AZ
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struggled a bit today but still a great day out :y:
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Sabino - Bear Canyon LoopTucson, AZ
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chumleyTriplogs 2,045
Hiking21.36 Miles 2,871 AEG
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Enjoyed Bear Canyon last weekend. Decided to hike Bear Canyon this weekend. Dr. Speedyfeet reported nice conditions with plentiful water and colorful flowers a week ago and while it wasn't totally dry and dead, a week definitely makes a difference. The only water was in the main stem of Bear plus West Fork along with the lower stretch of East Fork. Spring weeds were sporadic, many looking like they had fried during the heat last week.

I hadn't done the loop since a Thimble trip ten years ago. While contemplating the option, I saw that 9L hadn't done it since 2014. At the time, @tough_boots made him do it, and there was some poking fun of the number of trails linked. I'm glad I was able to carry on that tradition today.

I've never been to Hutch's Pool so we made the quick out-n-back to check it out. It's a sweet spot, though I can imagine that solitude here is rare. Furthering my lifelong goal, covered some new ground on another segment of the AZT that I strive to never complete. Though this one might actually be worth it.

Parking lot was only half a dozen spots short of full at 8:30 as expected for a nice day in March. I haven't been here since the new creepy crawler started ops, and while there is apparently a half price option for downhill hikers, it doesn't seem to have the freeflowing get on-get off whenever you want thing that the old coal-fired tram had. Though we had no intention of hitching a ride today, it was noticeable that every seat was full, and nobody had any intention of moving. Ever.

Nice day mostly in the 60s with some sporadic cloud cover and an occasional fresh breeze. It got a little bit warmer on the downhill and eventually felt like summer at the bottom with sun temps well into the 90s. Avoided the bottom road with some new tracks along the creek and dam. Much better options than pavement.

I don't often peel off so many miles on a day hike, but I also don't often hike on pristine trails like these, which is weird because it was sorta enjoyable to have a nice groomed track for a change! Perhaps I should do that more lol.
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Tons of fairyduster looking like it died this week. Small pockets of poppies higher up. Lots of Dichelostemma capitatum, and a spattering of other common seasonal weeds.

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Dry feet crossings were not a problem.

dry Box Camp Canyon Dry Dry

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Easy rock hop to cross

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All the road crossings were dry (and not even close to overrunning) but still a chilly fresh flow through the entire canyon.

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Warmer down here. Swimmable for Karls and kids under 20.

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Not the best I've seen. For early March, it's tough to imagine it being less than this.
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picture book day. flowers galore. water flowing everywhere. just perfect :app: :app: :app:
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Cathedral Rock - Hutch's Pool TraverseTucson, AZ
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fricknaleyTriplogs 4,302
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glorious day, glorious route. tons of flowing water

13 years since i have been up there!
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went clockwise for the first time in years. picture perfect day with running water the whole way. tucson at it's winter finest :app:
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Sabino - Bear Canyon LoopTucson, AZ
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The last weekend in September is our annual rim to rim hike. But the Dragon Bravo fire scuttled this year’s plan.

So, instead, we opted to do a substitute hike in the Catalinas.

We were hoping that the rain this week would result in some running water on Bear Canyon and at the 7 falls, but just some damp ground in the creekbed and pools at the falls. I’m sure it was my decision hike in Tevas that guaranteed we’d keep our feet dry.

Above the falls was new tread for me. And the more I hike in the Catalinas, the more I like them. The canyon and the surrounding mountains have a lot of character. Although the rains didn’t result in flowing water, the desert was clearly soaking up the moisture. Much more green everywhere, and flowers blossoming and butterflies flying around like it was spring.

Didn’t think we’d see anyone past the falls until the sabino side, but this is clearly a trail running staple, as we crossed paths with no less than 6 groups or single runners on the loop.

Once we reached the sabino junction, our prayers for running water were answered, and the flows could be heard gurgling along below us.

The clouds threatened rain most of the day, but other than a brief light sprinkle, nothing materialized on the trail.

As we reached the shuttle junction, the sun came out and we opted to take the ride back to the TH, as we’d done the Phoneline previously.

We were happy with our choice and used the saved hour to make the drive up Mount Lemmon and back—a first for me. What a gorgeous drive!

They were having an Octoberfest event at the ski resort. We popped our heads in a looked around a bit before making the device back down.

Grabbed dinner at the Viva Mexican restaurant right off the road as we got back to Tucson. Food was fine, it we were the only customers on a Saturday evenly at dinner, which makes me think the restaurant’s days are numbered.

Beautiful sunset as we drove back to Phoenix.
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Hutch's PoolTucson, AZ
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Wifey hadn’t been to Hutch’s pool and we decided to fix that while the weather was relatively cool. We took the tram to the last stop and hiked from there. Being a Saturday the tram was full and so was Hutch.

We did manage to find a quiet spot for lunch and a little hammock hang time.

The pool was relatively full despite the creek being pretty low. Lots of pools but little to no flow below Hutch.

Spring wildflowers were fairly meh, though there were more than expected considering the dry winter.

The tram was full on the return trip, and we were at first worried we might have to walk back to the visitor center, but somehow everyone managed to get on.
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Ocotillo, dalea, a few verbena, scarlet hedgehog
 
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Santa Catalina Mountains - AZT #11Tucson, AZ
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Working on the middle section of AZT11 between Sabino Canyon and Romero Pass, finally got it done. Started from the bottom of Sabino Canyon and took the road in, then headed up the trail to the AZT. The road was full of walkers and the trail was also pretty busy for 8am.

got to the AZT and headed up to where I left off 5 weeks ago when I hiked down from Romero Pass. I have a couple more fill in hikes to go to finish off 11 up on the north end, and the dreaded drive up the Catalina Highway.

the rain from the night before had pretty cool temps in the morning and low hanging clouds on the top of Mt. Lemmon. As I ascended the wind picked up a bit and the temperature dropped a bit. I had lunch at my turnaround spot and was surprised that by the time I was done I was getting kind of chilly.

I was contemplating hiking the road back down since it's downhill and asphalt is easier to hike on, but by the time I got to the road I had hiked 18 miles and was tired. I also easily saved an hour of time taking the crawler. I had this hiked planned a few weeks in advance, but the timing with the weather front from the night before worked out very nicely. It was also very interesting taking the shuttle back seeing all the out of state tourists taking in once in a lifetime sights for a place I've been to many times and is just a long drive and a long dayhike for me. Grateful to live in AZ.
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Sabino - Bear Canyon LoopTucson, AZ
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beautiful day for one of my local favorites. came back on phoneline to the link then along sabino creek. felt quite good today :)
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Wifey wanted to do Phoneline on a Saturday in “winter” which meant Sabino was a zoo and there was no parking except at the overflow. So we cut over to Phoneline Link and headed into the canyon, missing the first bit of Phoneline trail.

Passed one of my clients, which was fun.

Wifey’s bum foot was being a bum so we took the tram back. The driver kindly let us off at the connector for the overflow lot.
 
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Sabino Canyon to Catalina State ParkTucson, AZ
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I’ll call this one the Trans-Catalina or the Tucson R2R. Similar stats. Weather was beautiful. Hutch’s pool was cooler than expected. Romero pools were a little less exciting than when we visited last year.

Would like to do it again when there is more water flowing.

We dropped a car at Catalina and then drove down to Sabino for the start. Saw a couple of road walkers and a biker over the short section of road before taking the Phoneline connector.


Passed 2 other people on the Phoneline then didn’t see another soul until Romero pools.

The trail was easy to follow throughout. Only one spot on the Romero side where we had to backtrack slightly to see that the trail took a high route up from a campsite near a seasonal waterfall (which has prompted folks to tramp out a defined path to its base that looks a lot like the official trail).

Speaking of campsites, lots of great spots along the trail. I marked several on my route.

Overall, a great way to experience the Catalinas.
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perfect day for one of my favorite Tucson hikes. Bone dry out there, otherwise just beautiful. Bear Canyon is a little overgrown here and there above the falls but nothing serious - just brushy.
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my folks dropped me off at 7 and i got to it. cold, clear and hardly a breeze made for really ideal weather for a hike across the catalinas. Pretty dry out there at the moment but there was water at Hutch's Pool and a couple spots along the way.

West Fork is a bit brushy with a couple trees down but not too bad. Upper Romero is a bit rough after the fire, but there are parts that are still very nice, including the camping spots. Saw some deer and very very few people. strangely had romero pools to myself on a saturday afternoon.

made good time. felt good :)
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This was another one of those insane hikes that Linda lures me into. This time, she told me that there was a "Beef Lovers BBQ" happening at the campsites where the West Fork & Cathedral trails intersect. As you may well have guessed, I fell for it and there was no BBQ when we arrived there. Well, now that we'd come this far, I wasn't going to turn back. We had covered a lot of ground and maybe as much water to get here. The scenery heading up the West Fork is top notch at all times, and in all directions. With the recent rains/snow, the water crossings were as high as could be crossed by most, and kept our feet wet for a solid 5 miles to the Cathedral campsites.

With unhappy feet and disappointed with the whole BBQ ruse thing, I dug out the single, stale, half crumbled saltine cracker that I had been saving for such an occasion and ate that. Meanwhile Linda adoringly dined on a slab prime rib while we rested before the remainder of our adventure.

The beginning of the end came all too quickly, and too did the heat of the day as we dawned our still mushy, wet footwear and started up the Cathedral Trail. Had it not been for a single trail runner arriving at just the right moment, Linda was about to toss me into the canyon for sniveling too much. Eventually, we got over the saddle and were on the homerun - shade, waterfalls, streams, a breeze and above all, elevation loss. Somehow, that didn't seem to deaden the misery of mushy footwear though, and I made that fact know the rest of the trip - just ask Linda.

Anyway, We got out of there alive and saw some pretty cool things along the way. Thanks Linda for driving all the way down for this one. It was one to remember, even if there was again no BBQ.
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A lot of water crossings. Crossable by boulder hopping

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High as it gets. Even the Trams weren't running due to the flow

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Close to raging.
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Catalinas Loop, AZ 
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Matt gave me several big options, and this one looked the likely to kill me. Parked at the Sabino Visitor Center at 0600 and made our way over to the Phoneline Trail. Easy uphill on that one, mostly in the shade. Continued up Sabino.

Once we arrived at the intersection with West Fork and East Fork, the fun began. We turned left onto West Fork, and immediately had to cross the water. The shallowest point we could find was about knee level. Oh well, I guess dry feet won’t be happening on this hike. Got across the water, but spent the next five miles continually crossing water. The largest crossing was thigh deep for me, and was a matter of gripping every tree possible to get across. The water felt good though, because it was warming up.

Had lunch at the junction with Cathedral Rock Trail. Prime rib makes for an excellent hiking lunch. I think we passed five AZT backpackers thru this section, including the human version of Ned Flanders, which provided some comic relief.

A slog up Cathedral Rock trail, but the views made up for it. Some recent trail work. Small amount of snow on the upper reaches. Once over the saddle, it was a long descent. Tons of water in Esperero, but all were crossable (barely) by rock hopping. Seemed like the descent took forever, but was easy. Finished up around 1815, making for a full day of hiking. Great loop, lots of fun, thank you Matt for the invitation!
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Lots of flowers.
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Ideal day for this loop. Beautiful weather and tons of water everywhere. Even some snow on the East Fork Trail. I wasn't pushing the pace too much, and it wasn't the day for it with all the water in the crossings. Could see or hear water a lot of way currently, which is a real treat. managed to keep my feet dry until sabino road - several of the bridges were run over with water. Nothing to do there but plow on through :lol:

Bear Canyon: Trail is in fine shape to seven falls. Currently there is a lot of water in all of the crossings though i was able to make them all keeping my feet dry - though it took some work. Beyond the falls, the trail sees much less traffic. It isn't overgrown per se, but there is a lot of growth along the sides of the trail. Some it is catclaw-like and I was bleeding from a few spots by the end. The route is still easy to follow. The only tricky part is after the last creek crossing before climbing up the thimble flat - that is always a little tricky to find if you don't know where it is (quickly to the left and up the rocky incline). Up at the top about a mile before the Bear saddle there was some ice and mud hanging on. Someone came through on horses recently and tore up the muddy part of the trail a little bit. The upper parts of the trail have seen some erosion from all the rain the last year

East Fork: Never any route fining issues here. Bunch of hard pack snow on the trail but it wasn't very slippery. Again, torn up in the muddy spots from horses a little. Otherwise glorious as always. Little bit overgrown between palisade and box canyon but easy to follow still.

Sabino 23: No issues really. Pretty wide open.
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This was my first time backpacking in the Catalinas and I will definitely be back. The weather was perfect, the views were vast and the trails were in great shape.

Starting at the main Sabino Canyon parking area, we made our way up to the entrance of Bear Canyon using a combination of the paved road and the actual trail. We passed a few groups along the way to Seven Falls but I would not say that it was busy at all. The falls were running and were well worth the short detour down from the main trail. After the falls the trail began to switchback up the side of the canyon and we really started to gain elevation. There is a great spot to stop for lunch when the trail crosses Bear Creek. From here it is a long climb up and out of the canyon. Once we joined up with the AZT we followed it through East Sabino Canyon, into West Fork and eventually Hutch's Pool. We camped here for the night and my thermodrop recorded a low of 34. I was awoken by rain in the middle of the night, which was puzzling given the totally clear forecast that we had beforehand. When I got up the next morning I discovered that we had actually gotten a little bit of sleet instead of rain.

The hike back down to town was relatively straightforward. We retraced our steps on the AZT before turning right onto the Sabino Canyon trail and eventually the Powerline trail. There was a lot more foot traffic on both of these trails compared to Bear Canyon the day before. I really loved how the Powerline trail stayed very high along the canyon wall. It was a great point of view compared to hiking along the paved road on the canyon floor.
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up sabino road then sabino 23 out to the east/west fork junction. sabino 23 is in much better shape than couple months ago. i was slow but it was a gorgeous morning.
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sabino road to the end then up to sabino 23. was going to take that out to the basin and trail junctions but it is so overgrown right now that i couldn't run more than 10 feet at a time and eventually just turned around about half way and bailed. came back on phoneline, then took bear canyon out to the road end. came back and cut over to sabino road on the lookout road.

got hot at the end otherwise nice morning
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Evening bike ride up Sabino Canyon to the top. Water was still flowing in the canyon but it seems to be slowing down. Heard the usual great horned owls :) hooting away at the end of the road and conversed with one of the regulars I’ve seen many times. Locked up my bike and then hiked up the switchbacks to the first saddle for a good view of the canyon in both directions. The ride back down was chilly with the approaching storm. It always surprises me how many people walk Sabino road in the darkness that high up in the canyon.
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