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Santa Catalina Mountains Panorama: Western View from Wasson Peak– Image by kenne
“The day warmed and on the margins of a steep ravine splitting the side of the mesa I found dry rocks to scramble up. I liked that about the desert.
Morning snow and afternoon warmth, the winter equivalent of a spring freshet, but for which I had no word. In some ways, words were superfluous.
They didn’t help—no words came to mind—as I pulled on a loose boulder and leaped awkwardly out of the way of its crashing descent,
its delicate angle of repose inadvertently re-reposed. All the rocks in this ravine were similarly precarious, and I continued with greater care
as the ravine steepened near the top of the mesa. I had lost sight of the ravens, and they of me. I had not spotted a
bighorn sheep the entire day. I was pleased the boulder did not take me with it.”
— from 1/21/21 by David Jenkins
(Anthropologist David Jenkins is the author of Nature and Bureaucracy: The Wildness of Managed Landscapes (Routledge 2022). He has taught at MIT and Bates College and worked in the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology at the University of Arizona. For the last dozen years, he has worked in public lands management, where he tries to do some good for the planet.
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Oral Valley/ Tucson Basin Panorama by kenne
This panorama was created from three images taken from Wasson Peak, atop the Tucson Mountains March 13, 2015.
The Tortolita Mountains are to the left, Santa Catalina Mountains in the middle,
and the Rincon Mountain off to the right.
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The Trail To the Top of Wasson Peak — Panorama by kenne
Wasson Peak is the highest point (4,687 ft) in the Tucson Mountains east of Tucson.
Located in Saguaro National Park-West, it is a popular hiking destination reachable by several trails.
— kenne
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A couple of weeks ago some of us did our annual King Canyon trail hike to observe the wildflowers, which in the past was part of our hike on up to Wasson Peak. However, this year the plan was not to go all the way to the Peak. I hate to admit it, but time is beginning to catch up with us. So, the best I can do is to revisit a posting from six years ago. My days of cheating time might be running out.
— kenne
Kings Canyon Trail — Images by kenne
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Wildflower Slideshow by kenne
Panorama of Wasson Peak Near The Top
SCVN guided hike to Wasson Peak via Kings Canyon trail, which is about a seven mile (roundtrip) hike and elevation gain of 1,900 ft.
Some of our hikers made only the Kings Canyon trail to the first saddle since we were experiencing unusually warm record-setting temperatures (the mid-90’s).
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people
are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home;
that wilderness is a necessity…”
― John Muir
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Lichens on rocks along the Wasson Peak trail. — Image by kenne
“Lichen is a composite organism consisting of a fungus (the mycobiont) and a photosynthetic partner (the photobiont or phycobiont) growing together in a symbiotic relationship. The photobiont is usually either a green alga (commonly Trebouxia) or cyanobacterium (commonly Nostoc).”
When teaching children about lichen, Sabino Canyon Volunteer Nationalists (SCVN) share this short poem:
“Alice Algae took
a lichen
to Freddie Fungus,
but now
their relationship
is on the rocks.”
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Top of Wasson Peak In the Tucson Mountains — Image by kenne
Top of the mountain
My celebration of spring
The body renewed.
— kenne
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Panther Peak and Sombrero Peak, Saguaro National Park – West in the Tucson Mountains northeast of Tucson, Arizona. —
View from the Sendero Esperanza Trail Hiking To Wasson Peak Images by kenne (March 14, 2014)
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Tucson Basin Panorama — Image by kenne
View from Wasson Peak, in the Tucson Mountains, looking towards the Tortolita Mountains,
Santa Catalina Mountains, and the Rincon Mountains.
Standing on a desert peak
you may feel like a
pebble of sand in a vast desert,
you are the entire desert in a pebble.
— kenne
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(CLICK ON A TILED IMAGE TO SEE LARGER VIEW IN A SLIDESHOW FORMAT.)
Some images of the SCVN lead hike to Wasson Peak via King Canyon Trail, Hugh Norris Trail, Sendero Esperanza Trail, and Gould Mine Trail that took place last Friday (March 13, 2015). The trails form an eight mile loop with an elevation change 1,800 ft. from the King Canyon trailhead. Each year in March we schedule this hike because of the abundance of beautiful wildflowers in the Tucson Mountains.
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“We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”
― David Brower
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Looking East Atop Wasson Peak In The Tucson Mountains (L/R Tortolita Mountains, Santa Catalina Mountains & Rincon Mountains)
Interstate 10 going north through Marana, Oro Valley and north Tucson– Panorama by kenne
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Panther Peak and Sombrero Peak, Saguaro National Park – West in the Tucson Mountains northeast of Tucson, Arizona. —
View from the Sendero Esperanza Trail Hiking To Wasson Peak Images by kenne (March 14, 2014)
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Top of Wasson Peak In the Tucson Mountains — Image by kenne
Top of the mountain
My celebration of spring
The body renewed.
— kenne
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Kings Canyon Trail — Images by kenne
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Panorama of Wasson Peak Near The Top
SCVN guided hike to Wasson Peak via Kings Canyon trail, which is about a seven mile (roundtrip) hike and elevation gain of 1,900 ft.
Some of our hikers made only the Kings Canyon trail to the first saddle since we were experiencing unusually warm record-setting temperatures (the mid-90’s).
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people
are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home;
that wilderness is a necessity…”
― John Muir
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Trail Near The Top Of Wasson Peak Overlooking The Tucson Basin
Sweetwater Trail
Monday Morning Milers At The Top Of Wasson Peak — Images by kenne
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Posterized Images by kenne
The above images were captured along the Sendero Esperanza Trail to Wasson Peak. These and more images can be viewed at my Flickr page.
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