Photos: Hiking trails on the Eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
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The Burro Fire may burn through or in some way affect popular hiking trails recreational areas on the Eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains. The Daily Star's Doug Kreutz has hiked nearly every one, including: Butterfly, Crystal Spring, Incinerator Ridge, Bug Spring, La Milagrosa, Green Mountain, and Oracle Ridge trails.
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
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Members of the Southern Arizona Hiking Club walk along the Green Mountain Trail on October 3, 2001.
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
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Lookout and communication towers atop Mount Bigelow are visible along an upper stretch of the Kellogg Mountain Trail in the Catalina Mountains. Photo taken 4/22/11
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
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Tinder-dry grasses and other highly flammable vegetation pose a wildfire risk around Southern Arizona in the coming months. This photo was taken along the Bug Spring Trail in the Catalina Mountains on April 17, 2016.
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
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A distant rock ridge is framed by pine trees in this view along the Bug Spring Trail in 2015.
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
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Tinder-dry vegetation and dead trees pose a fire danger in some areas of the Catalina Mountains, including this terrain along the Bug Spring Trail in March, 2017.
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
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Burnt areas along the Green Mountain Trail on Mt. Lemmon on April 10, 2008.
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
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Along the Green Mountain Trail north of Tucson in 2013.
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
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Hikers Jim Thompson, John Bonefas, and Jim Stevenson on a trail near Incinerator Ridge in the Catalina Mountains in 2003.
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
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Hiker Hanna Miller enjoys the view while hiking the relatively short and mild Incinerator Ridge trail in the Santa Catalina Mountains in 1999.
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
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The views are stunning along the Kellogg Mountain Trail. Photo taken 4/22/11
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
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Backpackers make their way along the La Milagrosa Ridge Trail northeast of Tucson. Photo taken 3/23/11
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
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A view from the Flux Tower above the mixed conifer forest on the Mt. Bigelow Eddy Covariance site in the Santa Catalina Mountains on October 19, 2012. The white dot in the distance is the Mt. Bigelow Observatory.
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
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The fire tower at Mount Bigelow in the Santa Catalina Mountains on September 20, 2012.
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
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Campers gather around a fire in a meadow off Bigelow Road on May 14, 2010 in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson.
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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A layer of ferns cover some of the burned logs from an old fire near Mt. Bigelow in the Catalina Mountains on August 15, 2006.
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
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UA Biosphere 2 Research Professor Greg Barron-Gafford cleans a lens on a CO2 and water analyzer atop of the Flux Tower on the Mt. Bigelow Eddy Covariance site in the Santa Catalina Mountains on October 19, 2012
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
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Blooming yuccas along the Oracle Ridge Trail in the Catalinas. Photo taken 7/8/10
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
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Vegetation has begun to return in the wake of the fire that scorched this area along the Oracle Ridge Trail in the Catalina Mountains a few years ago. Photo taken 8/12/07
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
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Vegetation has begun to return in the wake of the fire that scorched this area along the Oracle Ridge Trail in the Catalina Mountains a few years ago. Photo taken 8/12/07
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
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Scenery along the Oracle Ridge Trail in the Catalinas. Photo taken 7/8/10
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
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Tall grasses along the Bug Spring Trail in the Catalina Mountains could pose a fire risk if they become tinder dry in the spring or sooner. Photo taken November 18, 2014.
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
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The Bug Spring Trail in the Santa Catalina Mountains on Nov. 20, 2011.
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
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Chuck Spain and Margarete Zirnheld hike the Butterfly Trail in the Catalina Mountains. Photo taken July 13, 2011.
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
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Scenery along the Butterfly Trail in the Catalina Mountains. Photo taken 1/1/10
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
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This small waterfall is an example of the landscape along the Butterfly Trail in the Catalina Mountains. Photo taken 5/31/09
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
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Tim and Anna Van Devender enjoy a picnic amid the ferns along the Butterfly Trail in the Catalina Mountains. Photo taken 5/31/09
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
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Scenery along the Green Mountain Trail in the Catalina Mountains. Photo taken 11/2/09
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
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Ferns grow along the Butterfly Trail in the Catalina Mountains. July 13, 2011.
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
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Water plunges over rocks along La Milagrosa Ridge Trail northeast of Tucson.
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
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Big skies and saguaro-studded ridges greet travelers on La Milagrosa Ridge Trail northeast of Tucson.
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
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Sabrina Reddoch and her daughter Issalia enjoy Incinerator Ridge Trail in 2003.
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
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Scenery along the Crystal Spring Trail, which begins along the Control Roadd to Mount Lemmon. Photo taken 7/31/09
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
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Mountain wildflowers are blooming very late November in the Catalina Mountains. Photo taken November 8, 2014, along the Green Mountain Trail.
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
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Mountain wildflowers are blooming very late November in the Catalina Mountains. Photo taken November 8, 2014, along the Green Mountain Trail.
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
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Mountain wildflowers on the Green Mountain Trail in the Santa Catalina Mountains near Tucson, Ariz., on May 26, 2013.
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Donna Kreutz
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Red Indian paintbrush and other wildflowers bloom on Incinerator Ridge in the Catalina Mountains.
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
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The first hints of autumn color preview more to come along a trail in Bear Wallow in the Catalina Mountains.
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
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Autumn leaves showing brilliant color in the Bear Wallow area near mile marker 22 on the Catalina Highway.
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
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A colorful butterfly along the Bellota Trail in the Catalina Mountains.
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
Lookout and communication towers atop Mount Bigelow are visible along an upper stretch of the Kellogg Mountain Trail in the Catalina Mountains. Photo taken 4/22/11
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
Tinder-dry grasses and other highly flammable vegetation pose a wildfire risk around Southern Arizona in the coming months. This photo was taken along the Bug Spring Trail in the Catalina Mountains on April 17, 2016.
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
Tinder-dry vegetation and dead trees pose a fire danger in some areas of the Catalina Mountains, including this terrain along the Bug Spring Trail in March, 2017.
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
A view from the Flux Tower above the mixed conifer forest on the Mt. Bigelow Eddy Covariance site in the Santa Catalina Mountains on October 19, 2012. The white dot in the distance is the Mt. Bigelow Observatory.
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
UA Biosphere 2 Research Professor Greg Barron-Gafford cleans a lens on a CO2 and water analyzer atop of the Flux Tower on the Mt. Bigelow Eddy Covariance site in the Santa Catalina Mountains on October 19, 2012
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
Vegetation has begun to return in the wake of the fire that scorched this area along the Oracle Ridge Trail in the Catalina Mountains a few years ago. Photo taken 8/12/07
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
Vegetation has begun to return in the wake of the fire that scorched this area along the Oracle Ridge Trail in the Catalina Mountains a few years ago. Photo taken 8/12/07
Trails on the eastern slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains
- Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star
Tall grasses along the Bug Spring Trail in the Catalina Mountains could pose a fire risk if they become tinder dry in the spring or sooner. Photo taken November 18, 2014.
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