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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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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](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/tucson.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/39/939e02b0-635b-11e7-af19-83c7468cf889/595ffd96c2c5a.image.jpg?resize=750%2C500)
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](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/tucson.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/8f/98f5e9ee-635b-11e7-a36b-4f465e485aee/595ffd9fb95ad.image.jpg?resize=750%2C500)
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](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/tucson.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/c8/9c8e1464-635b-11e7-a94a-cf5d3ae187e1/595ffda5c30bc.image.jpg?resize=667%2C500)
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
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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](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/tucson.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/a/37/a3732ada-635b-11e7-b57b-1707a904d2a4/595ffdb159db5.image.jpg?resize=667%2C500)
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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