Archive for the ‘Butterfly Trail’ Tag
It’s not everyday you see a Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake, and as it was, we almost didn’t. I actually walked by it, but biologist, Ted Fleming, spotted it. The conditions were cloudy and dark along the ground, which made for depth of field problems. But, the bright colors got Ted’s attention and I quickly tried to photograph this beauty. You can see, the results were blurrier. The snake was on the slop-side of the trail, making it very difficult to maneuver for a better angle — plus, there was plenty of ground cover. For now, at least, this is my best and only Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake photos.
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Sonoran Mountain King Snake — Images by kenne
Ted Fleming — Image by kenne
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Butterfly Trail in the Santa Catalina Mountains — Image by kenne
As hundreds of acres continue to burn in Arizona, I thought I would share this image taken recently on one of our hikes. The fire that burn much of the area around Mount Lemmon took place eight years ago. What is destroyed in minutes take years to recover. Currently, because of the continued drought, this area is not assessable for camping and hiking.
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View along Butterfly Trail — image by kenne
Although our hiking groups had already started some hikes at higher elevations in May, the summer schedule doesn’t start until June. It’s nice to have terrain and temperature options in the Tucson area.
Yesterday, with the expected Tucson high of 101 degrees, we decided to drive up to the Mount Lemmon area to hike the Butterfly Trail and take in the 60-degree temps. (An hours drive away.) The morning started off cloudy but soon became partly cloudy. We have started having some clouds, but the moisture doesn’t make it down when the humidity is 3%.
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Catalina Highway — Image by kenne
Although we are experiencing some cool March weather in mid-May, our hiking has begun the assent to the upper elevations in the Santa Catalina mountains. Mt. Bigelow is 24 miles from Tucson at at 8,500 feet. This is a beautiful hiking area, which includes the remains of some of the area fires occurring about eight years ago. Most of our hiking will remain at the higher elevations in the mountains surrounding the greater Tucson area until late September.
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