Thursday, February 27, 2014

Bug Spring Hiking Trail in Coronado National Forest

This was one of our favorite and challenging hikes on Mt. Lemmon. You start off at 5,000 feet surrounded by several kinds of cactus. Then you hike up to 6,000 feet and you need to put on your pants, coat and hat as the weather starts to change as well as the landscape. You start to see less cactus, more pine trees and bigger rock bolder formations. Go up another 500 feet and you would not think you are on the same hike or even in the same state. Looks like we hiked to the state of Maine. Unbelievable! Roscoe loved this hike and he never strayed too far away and always kept us on the trail when we were unsure. Miss that little guy! You go from 3,000 elevation to 9,000 at the top of Mt. Lemmon. Most days  it would be 75 in Tucson and 45 degrees at the top of the mountain, hence the need for the winter clothes, but a great place to go to escape the heat. 

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