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Photos: Snow in the Santa Catalina Mountains
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Photos: Snow in the Santa Catalina Mountains

  • Dec 14, 2011
  • Dec 14, 2011 Updated Jun 22, 2012

Nearly two-days of snowfall covered the Santa Catalina Mountains with snow on Wednesday, Dec. 14.

Snow in the Santa Catalina Mountains

Snow in the Santa Catalina Mountains

A granite spire seems to enjoy the sunshine at Windy Point in the Santa Catalina Mountains after a two-day storm blanketed the area with snow.

David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star

Snow in the Santa Catalina Mountains

Snow in the Santa Catalina Mountains

Amit Dhapa adds to a large snowman at Geology Vista along the Catalina Highway in the Santa Catalina Mountains on Wednesday.

David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star

Snow in the Santa Catalina Mountains

Snow in the Santa Catalina Mountains

Pantano High School students duck and cover beneath a bush as snow falls on them at Windy Point in the Santa Catalina Mountains on Wednesday.

David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star

Snow in the Santa Catalina Mountains

Snow in the Santa Catalina Mountains

Michael Huntley, left, takes a photo of himself and his friend Rayli Durrenberger, right, at Windy Point in the Santa Catalina Mountains on Wednesday.

David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star

Snow in the Santa Catalina Mountains

Snow in the Santa Catalina Mountains

A small snowman keeps watch at Geology Vista in the Santa Catalina Mountains on Wednesday.

David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star

Snow in the Santa Catalina Mountains

Snow in the Santa Catalina Mountains

Snow covers a pine tree in the Santa Catalina Mountains near Lizard Rock on Wednesday.

David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star

Snow in the Santa Catalina Mountains

Snow in the Santa Catalina Mountains

A single-engine plane flies low over Tucson as the snow-capped Santa Catalina Mountains rise in the background on Wednesday December 14, 2011. Photo taken from near Tucson International Airport.

Benjie Sanders/Arizona Daily Star

Snow in the Santa Catalina Mountains

Snow in the Santa Catalina Mountains

With fall colors still on some trees in the foreground, snow sprinkles Finger Rock area of the Santa Catalina Mountain range after two days of snowfall.

David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star

Snow in the Santa Catalina Mountains

Snow in the Santa Catalina Mountains

Snow sprinkles the Finger Rock area of the Santa Catalina Mountainss on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, as seen from La Encantada shopping center at Campbell and Skyline.

David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star

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