Hutch’s Pool Malard — Image by kenne
water flowing down
snow melting in the mountains
people and duck fun
— kenne
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Hutch’s Pool — Two Images Merged in Photoshop by kenne (11/18/11)
Image by Phil Bentley as I Was Photographing Around Hutch’s Pool (11/13/15)
“A man who dares to waste one hour of time
has not discovered the value of life.”
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Near Hutch’s Pool in the Santa Catalina Mountains (11/18/11) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
For what is the moon, that it haunts us,
this impudent companion immigrated
from the system’s less fortunate margins,
the realm of dust collected in orbs?
— from the poem Half Moon, Small Cloud by John Updike
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The Sky Above, The Earth Below 1 comment
View Above Hutch’s Pool In the Santa Catalina Mountains — Image by kenne
“In those vernal seasons of the year when the air is calm and pleasant,
it were an injury and sullenness against nature not to go out and see her riches,
and partake in her rejoicing with heaven and earth.”
— John P. Milton
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A November Hike To Hutch’s Pool 2 comments
Fall Colors Along Sabino Creek Hiking to Hutch’s Pool — Panorama by kenne
One of my favorite hikes is to Hutch’s Pool. In the past, the Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists (SCVN)
would guide a fall and spring hike, each hike having a many as 15 hikers.
However, like so many things, not this fall because of the pandemic.
The trail is open, but not for groups.
— kenne
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I bear many scars,
but I also carry with me moments
that would not have happened
if I had not dared
to go beyond my limits.
— Paulo Coelho
Crossing Sabino Creek Below Hutch’s Pool — Image by kenne
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Mallard Duck At Hutch’s Pool In The Santa Catalina Mountains — Image by kenne
Hutch’s Pool is a small body of water that contains water year-round, located 8 miles for the Sabino Canyon Visitor Center. Most people hiking to Hutch’s Pool will take the tram up to stop 9, thereby reducing the 16-mile roundtrip by 7.5 miles. The Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists (SCVN) usually schedule a group hike twice a year, once in the Fall and once in the Spring. The hike provides very nice views
of upper Sabino Canyon, images of which I have shared many times on this blog. This time I decided to share a photo of this male mallard duck few years back.
— kenne
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Sabino Canyon Friday Hike 3 comments
Up until the day before the Hutch’s Pool hike,
He wasn’t sure he was going to do this SCVN Friday Hike.
It had been two years since he last hiked to Hutch’s Pool,
a combined eight miles up and back.
This eight-mile hike usually starts at Stop 9 on the Shuttle route,
So hiking would provide his first opportunity to ride the new all-electric Suttle.
Here the Sabino Canyon Trail intersects with the Phoneline Trail.
The Sabino Canyon Trail winds along the east canyon ridge before
Opening into beautiful views of the upper canyon.
Although it was a great day for a hike to Hutch’s Pool, he began to fall behind the hiking group.
Frustrated by reoccurring joint issues, he decided to turn his back on the upper canyon,
starting the hike back to Shuttle Stop 9, then walking the remaining four miles on the Shuttle Road back to the Visitors Center.
In the end, he still did a combined hike/walk over eight miles on a beautiful sunny day in the Santa Catalina Mountains.
— kenne
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“Life” — Digital Painting by kenne
Life Beyond Stop 9
Twisting trails to Hutch’s Pool
Switchbacks from Stop 9
Reaching the canyon wall trail
Down to East and West Forks —
Creek waters are high, some
Hikers are turning back to Stop 9.
I lead others up to where the falls
Form a mountain swimming pool.
Block by a lower ridge
Mt. Lemmon is due north
Bringing water over large boulders
Slippery and dangerous to climb.
Now, noon, I set by the pool
Encouraging others to rest
Sharing the spirit of downstream
on the southern slope of Mt. Lemmon.
— kenne
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Forgotten The Way By Which I Came 1 comment
Sabino Creek Near Hutch’s Pool — Panorama by kenne
I wanted a good place to settle:
Cold Mountain would be safe.
Light wind in a hidden pine —
Listen close — the sound gets better.
Under it a gray-haired man
Mumbles along reading Huang and Lao.
For ten years I haven’t gone back home
I’ve even forgotten the way by which I came.
— Gary Snyder
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The SCVN Friday Hike last week was to Hutch’s Pool. This is a hike that is about eight miles from Tram Stop 9, which saves another eight miles by not hiking from the Sabino Canyon Visitor Center. About twenty hikers were hiking the Sabino Canyon Trail to the intersection of West Fork and East Fork trails. The East Fork goes to Sycamore Canyon, the West Fork to Hutch’s Pool. There are two water crossing to Hutch’s Pool, the first providing the lesser challenges of the two. Still, on this day the water was swift, just below the knee and ice cold.
Because of recent rains and snowmelt on Mt. Lemmon, the water flow was much higher than normal causing most hikers to turn back or take the East Fork to Sycamore Canyon. Five hikers decided to go on to Hutch’s Pool. The images and video or of their return crossing at the creek near where the Fork trail connects to the Sabino Canyon Trail.
Crossing Creek On West Fork Trail — Images by kenne
(Click on any of the images for a larger view in a slideshow format.)
Video by kenne
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West Fork Trail Leaving Hutch’s Pool — Panorama Image by kenne
“Mountains should be climbed with as little effort as possible and without desire. The reality of your own nature should determine the speed. If you become restless, speed up. If you become winded, slow down. You climb the mountain in an equilibrium between restlessness and exhaustion. Then, when you’re no longer thinking ahead, each footstep isn’t just a means to an end but a unique event in itself. This leaf has jagged edges. This rock looks loose. To live only for some future goal is shallow. It’s the sides of the mountain which sustain life, not the top. Here’s where things grow.
But of course, without the top, you can’t have any sides. It’s the top that defines the sides. So on we go—we have a long way—no hurry—just one step after the next—with a little Chautauqua for entertainment. Mental reflection is so much more interesting than TV it’s a shame more people don’t switch over to it. They probably think what they hear is unimportant, but it never is.”
― from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values by Robert M. Pirsig
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Hutch’s Pool Hike, November 18, 2016 Leave a comment
West Fork Trail
Taking a Break at Hutch’s Pool
Phil having a bite to eat
Hutch’s Pool
Hutch’s Pool
Hutch’s Pool
Hutch’s Pool
Unknown Jaw Bone
Daughter & Mother from New York
Returning on West Fork Trail
Desert Brum
Desert Brum
Fall Colors in Sabino Basin
Fall Colors in Sabino Basin
Fall Colors in Sabino Basin
West Fork Trail
West Fork Trail
End of the trail
Upper Sabino Canyon Panorama
November 18, 2016, SCVN Friday hike was to Hutch’s Pool, one of our favorite hikes in the Santa Catalina Mountains. Here are some of the photos for your review. Click on any of the images to see a larger view in a slideshow format. Enjoy! — Images by kenne
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Hiking To Hutch’s Pool, November 13, 2015 11 comments
Hiking the Sabino Canyon Trail to the West Fork Trail on our way to Hutch’s Pool — Panorama by kenne
The hike to Hutch’s Pool from the Sabino Canyon Visitor Center would be a 16 mile hike, so we take the Sabino Canyon Shuttle to Stop 9, which cuts the hike distance in half. The hike involves taking the Sabino Canyon trail to the West Fork trail in the Wilderness area of the Santa Catalina Mountains where we find beautiful mountain vistas, and this time of year plenty of fall colors along the West Fork Trail.
(Click on any of the images to see a larger view in a slideshow format.)
Upper Sabino Canyon
Upper Sabino Canyon
Upper Sabino Canyon
Looking Back Down Sabino Canyon
Upper Sabino Canyon
Canyon Leading Up To Hutch’s Pool
Looking Where A Dam of Sabino Canyon was Proposed a Hundred Years Ago
Along the Sabino Canyon Trail
Along the Sabino Canyon Trail
Along Sabino Canyon Trail
Creek Leading Up to Hutch’s Pool
West Fork Trail Area
Hutch’s Pool
Creek Leading To Hutch’s Pool
Fall Colors Near The Creek
Hutch’s Pool
Fall Colors
Fall Colors
Fall Colors
Near the West Fork Trail
Creek from Hutch’s Pool
Hutch’s Pool
Creek Crossing
Hutch’s Pool
Images by kenne
Image of kenne by Phil Bentley
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Mama Spider and Hundreds of Little Ones 4 comments
Mama Spider and Hundreds of Little Ones — Image by kenne
Spotted this spider web on a wild cotton plant yesterday while hiking to Hutche’s Pool in the Santa Catalina Mountains.
kenne
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Capturing The Springtime Moment: Parish Larkspur WIldflower Leave a comment
Parish Larkspur WIldflower Images by kenne
Conditions for wildflowers are much better this spring than last year.
Yesterday (March 20, 2015) we saw several parish larkspur along the Bear Canyon trail at about 2,700 ft.
There were many, at first glance I thought they were lupines.
Last year I posted images of a single parish larkspur April 16th near Hutche’s Pool (3,900 ft.)
— kenne
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