Watch Now: Fall Colors in the Santa Catalina Mountains
The leaves along E. Mount Lemmon Hwy, trails in the Santa Catalina Mountains and Summerhaven have started to change their colors during the fall season. Places you can see the leaves changing are at Gordon Hirabayashi Campground, Palisades Visitor Center, Bear Wallow Trail, Summerhaven and Mint Spring Trailhead. Video by Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star.
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Mount Lemmon is bursting with color right now, though the leaves aren't quite at their peak yet. Head north of Tucson and into the Catalina Mountains for a taste of autumn.
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