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Spring Is for Hiking: 2 Tune-Up Hikes in Tucson
Apr 18, 2014
Written by Bill Long
Filed under Arizona, Camino Loma Alta Trail, Catalina Mountains, desert, hiking, Liane Ehrich, Rincon Mountains, Sabino Canyon, Saguaro National Park, Tanque Verde Ridge, Tucson

Spring Is for Hiking: 2 Tune-Up Hikes in Tucson

As “winter” (for lack of a better word) rolls into spring in southern Arizona it opens up more opportunities to warm up those climbing legs for some great vertical hikes.

During the winter, while all the trails are open around Tucson, everyone stays in the rolling flats of Saguaro National Park (SNP), the Arizona Trail’s (AZT) southern reaches and loop trails like Sweetwater...