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Photo gallery: Tucson's mountains
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Photo gallery: Tucson's mountains

  • Apr 4, 2010
  • Apr 4, 2010
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Our daily Tucson lives play out in a broad valley surrounded by magnificent mountains, craggy canyons and beckoning passes.

Tucson's mountains

Tucson's mountains
The cloud cover breaks over downtown Tucson, revealing snow on the Santa Catalina Mountains. Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star 2009

Tucson's mountains

Tucson's mountains
Snow blankets Mount Lemmon after a storm in the Santa Catalinas. David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star 2004

Tucson's mountains

Tucson's mountains
The Tanque Verde Ridge Trail can provide a short hike up to a challenging 18-mile trek through desert and rock formations. Ron Medvescek/Arizona Daily Star 2000

Tucson's mountains

Tucson's mountains
A cow grazes near a stock tank on the McGee Ranch in the Sierrita Mountains outside Sahuarita. A. E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star 2008

Tucson's mountains

Tucson's mountains
Safford Peak is the northernmost high point of the Tucson Mountains. James Davis/Arizona Daily Star 2001

Tucson's mountains

Tucson's mountains
Daily Star outdoors writer Doug Kreutz hikes on the Golden Gate Loop Trail in the Tucson Mountains near Gates Pass. James S. Wood/Arizona Daily Star 1999

Tucson's mountains

Tucson's mountains
Sunset as seen from the top of Redington Pass, a quick mountain get-away at the end of Tanque Verde Rd. Sarah Prall/1999

Tucson's mountains

Tucson's mountains
Hikers walk through Sabino Canyon in the Coronado National Forest. James Gregg/Arizona Daily Star 2007

Tucson's mountains

Tucson's mountains
The Santa Rita Mountains provide the backdrop for the tree-lined Santa Cruz River and the Tumacacori mission in the foreground. A. E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star 1998

Tucson's mountains

Tucson's mountains
A hiking group makes its way up the Wild Burro Trail in the Tortolita Mountains in Marana. Chris Coduto/For the Arizona Daily Star 2009

Tucson's mountains

Tucson's mountains
A dirt bike kicks up a winding trail of dust at sunset along Redington Road, northeast of Tucson in the Coronado National Forest. Greg Bryan/Arizona Daily Star 2005

Tucson's mountains

Tucson's mountains
A rainbow briefly shines above the Rincon Mountains as storm clouds move into the Tucson area. David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star

Tucson's mountains

Tucson's mountains
Snow covers the Tortolita Mountains, as seen from Oro Valley. John Humenik/Arizona Daily Star 2009

Tucson's mountains

Tucson's mountains
The 9,453 foot summit of Mount Wrightson - also known as Old Baldy - from the Old Baldy Trail in the Santa Rita Mountains south of Tucson. Doug Kreutz/Arizona Daily Star

Tucson's mountains

Tucson's mountains
Hikers enjoy the view and cool air atop Rincon Peak. Ed Compean/Arizona Daily Star 1994

Tucson's mountains

Tucson's mountains
Elephant Head looms over the Santa Cruz Valley. This is the view from the road leading to the Whipple Observatory. Ron Medvescek/Arizona Daily Star 2001

Tucson's mountains

Tucson's mountains
Climber Andrew Kornylak climbes a granite tower near Windy Point Vista on Mount Lemmon. David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star 2001

Tucson's mountains

Tucson's mountains
A road winds through Gates Pass west of Tucson. Greg Bryan/Arizona Daily Star 2005

Tucson's mountains

Tucson's mountains
The rock formation around Finger Rock jus out from clouds shrouding much of the Santa Catalina Mountains. A. E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star 2005

Tucson's mountains

Tucson's mountains
A harvest moon rises over the Rincon Mountains, as seen from Sentinel Peak Park. Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star 2007

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