Wildflowers Along Carter Canyon Trail, Mt. Lemmon — Images by kenne
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SCVN Friday Hike on Mt. Lemmon — Images by kenne (Click on any of the images to see slide show.)
Yesterday’s SCVN Friday Hike started at the Ski Valley parking lot where we took the Aspen Draw trail up to the top of the ski runs, then the Mt. Lemmon trail, looping back on the Meadow Trail. Combining these three trails gave us a six-mile hike with an elevation change of 1,200 feet. The hike included a stop of the Lemmon Rock Lookout.
The weather was great, so I was able to get a lot of photos, which I will be sharing, starting with the previous post and some others after this posting.
The SCVN summer hikes on Mt. Lemmon will conclude after the two remaining hikes (August 23 & 30). The SCVN lead hikes are part of our Public Interpretation program, which includes Walks, Hikes, and Demos, designed to help participants learn about and experience the wonders of Sabino Canyon, the Santa Catalina Mountains, and the Sonoran Desert.
kenne
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Capturing Many Moments On The Aspen Loop 6 comments
Having a snack at “lunch ledge” just off the Aspen Loop on Mount Lemmon as the clouds begin to build-up.
There wasn’t much time to relax before lightning and thunder began causing us to start moving quickly back to the train head. — Images by kenne
Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.
— Paulo Coelho
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Capturing The Moment — Marine Blue Butterfly 2 comments
Marine Blue Butterfly — Image by kenne
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Capturing The Moment — Mount Lemmon Wildflowers 2 comments
Golden Columbine
Cranesbill
Aspen Fleabane
Bearded Penstemon
Wright’s Bluets
Macromeria
Western Sneezeweed
Richardson’s Geranium —
Hiking The Aspen Trail Wildflower Images by kenne (July 8, 2013)
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Hiking The Aspen Trail Ten Years Out 3 comments
The Aspen Loop trail starts and ends in Marshall Gulch on Mount Lemmon. Part of this trail contains recovering forest from the Aspen Wildfire, which burned parts of Mount Lemmon ten years ago.
Before the fire, much of Mount Lemmon was a thick forest.
After the fire, aspen and New Mexico locust were quick to take over the forest.
When removing a fallen pine from the trail, one creative volunteer cut a seat for resting in the shade.
As the burned forest ages, each year the tall pines succumb to nature.
Volunteers are busy removing trail obstructions, which will include trees like this one
Hiking up the Aspen Trail.
Plenty of room to shelter.
Now ten years out, the slow-growing pines are becoming more established.
The signs of recovery are all around.
Images by kenne
“In climbing a mountain,
if we persevere, we reach the summit;
we get, you might say, to the point.
Once on the mountaintop
there is nothing to do but come down again. . .
Descending the mountain
we enter by degrees into a friendlier,
more comfortable, more human environment —
forest, rushing streams, sunny meadows —
and soon hear the cowbells,
see the villages and the roads,
all that is familiar and reassuring.”
— Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire: A Season In The Wilderness
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Autumn Leaves Near A Mountain Spring 10 comments
Aspen Trail On Mount Lemmon — Images by kenne
Fall leaves near a spring
Adding moisture to color
Brighter to the eye.
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