Sabino Canyon

We spent several hours hiking in Sabino canyon north of Tucson. The park is still recovering from a 10,000 - year - event flood that happened July 5, 2006. Many days of heavy rain following a long draught were culminated in a 7" morning rainfall that caused a massive rock slide, covering most of the hiking trails. A section of the trail just re-opened the day we were there.

We took a tram part of the way up the mountain and hiked a little over three miles on the cleared roads.

The rocks on the trail got thicker as we got to the section of the trail that hadn't been cleared.

We tried to imagine the force it took to crack open enormous cliffs and hurl huge bolders down through the canyon for miles.

As we waited for the tram to take us back down the mountain, Susan checked out the mesquite trees.