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| ericwillhite | Road up  | |
| At least the paved road up was scenic. We came up a dirt road from the north with a Jeep rental that had no lower gears or 4WD. It was intense up and down the mountain. | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2009 3:46 am | ||
| Mark Doiron | Beautiful Hike with Family Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2009 | |
| Hiked mostly along the Meadows Trail with my son, daughter, son-in-law and 9-year old granddaughter. What a treat to see her on her first hiking experience! --mark d. | |
| Posted Aug 13, 2009 3:20 pm | ||
| SJ | Tucson's Finest Date Climbed: Feb 4, 2003 | |
| Great views from up top. | |
| Posted May 11, 2009 11:56 pm | ||
| weeds19 | Enjoyed the views Date Climbed: May 1, 2009 | |
| Drove the road all the way up past the ski resort than wandered around the summit area. Great views on the backside of Samaniego Peak. | |
| Posted May 3, 2009 1:37 pm | ||
| Merlin736 | Like Maine in Feb. | |
| In town for work and drove up in February. The snow and Juncos and conifers appear to be straight from Maine. The sunset and views of the town in the dark are splendid. Saw some sort of big weasel run across the road, but couldn't ID it in the dark. | |
| Posted Mar 6, 2009 9:23 pm | ||
| davis2001r6 | From Catalina State Park Date Climbed: Nov 29, 2008 | |
| Climbed Lemmon from Catalina State park via the Romera and Wilderness of Rocks trails. | ||
| Posted Feb 23, 2009 12:22 am | ||
| Kruck | Needs more snow Date Climbed: Jan 30, 2009 | |
| Temps were in the 50s I'd guess at the summit. The ski valley was operational but the snow was crud. Snow lingered on shaded slopes, but was not deep enough to warrant any flotation. Hiked from road while wife was doing business in Tucson. Good way to kill a few hours. Vistas from top were more impressive than I'd hoped. Needed a bigger map to be able to know what everything was from up there. | |
| Posted Feb 2, 2009 11:03 am | ||
| goat14er | Catalina State Park to Mt. Lemmon Date Climbed: Nov 28, 2008 | |
| Tough, long hike from bottom to top, but well worth it. Rains from the days before left the plants along the trail to Romero Pass wet and soaked us as we fought the brush to gain Romero Pass. Creeks were running strong along the way. From there, the views opened up as the hike got steeper on the Mt. Lemmon Trail. Took the Wilderness of Rocks Trail to just beneath the summit, then hiked up to Lemmon Rock Lookout and over to the summit. Fresh snow coated the ground and frosted the trees. Hiked to the summit, then down the road to the ski area, trying not to slip on the icy road. | |
| Posted Nov 29, 2008 11:02 pm | ||
| WayneShort | First Multi-Pitch Climb | |
| This is where I completed my first multi-pith climb. Can't remember the route name, but I will say it got me hooked. Great views of Tucson. | |
| Posted Nov 23, 2008 2:06 pm | ||
| Outdooraholic | Scenic Drive Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2008 | |
| I took the nice scenic drive up the Catalina Highway and came down the 4x4 road on the back side. Nice views. | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2008 5:50 pm | ||
| oldadit | up many times | |
| Family drove up when I was a kid, and I've been to the top several times since. Most exercise was hiking up from ski area with Roy Schweiker. | |
| Posted Aug 5, 2008 6:10 pm | ||
| Dangers Pop | Wonderful | |
| Skipped out on a conference in Tucson and drove to the ski area near the top. Hiked to the summit and fire look out. Wonderful views of the desert floor. The "Sky Islands" are a marvel worth exploring. | |
| Posted Jun 3, 2008 1:12 am | ||
| mlarkin2002 | Drive up Date Climbed: May 16, 2007 | |
| Drove up to the top. Uneventful. | ||
| Posted Jun 18, 2007 2:32 pm | ||
| ericnoel | Lemmon Date Climbed: Apr 15, 2007 | |
| Very scenic area though the summit itself is kinda blah. | |
| Posted Apr 17, 2007 10:50 am | ||
| Dan the Jones | So many times | |
| Used to be all over this mountain, climbing (on the lower areas), hiking, and skiing. | |
| Posted Mar 8, 2007 7:00 pm | ||
| highice | tons of routes | |
| nice area and a ton of climbing. didn't use a guide, so don't know what we climbed. | |
| Posted Feb 1, 2007 7:01 pm | ||
| Dennis Poulin | Almost Drive Up Date Climbed: Nov 13, 2006 | |
| Took the easy up. | |
| Posted Nov 22, 2006 5:38 pm | ||
| Dean | Lemmon of a hike Date Climbed: Nov 13, 2006 | |
| Dennis Poulin and myself drove up past the ski area in the dark to the end of the road and slept in the trailhead parking lot (in our vehicles) and with the wind blowing at 9000 feet, it was pretty dang cold, even in my zero degree sleeping bag. The hike to the top (wandered around the buildings and general area) and back took about a half hour. The road is a pretty impressive feat of engineering. Views of Tucson from that road, especially in the dark, are outstanding. We had hiked to the Pinal County highpoint on the 12th, a full day and covering 12 miles with some of our blood left on the cacti guardians. Perhaps a trip report is forthcoming to explain what I mean. | |
| Posted Nov 19, 2006 1:51 pm | ||
| surgent | Two visits Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2004 | |
| Nearly killed myself by dehydration earlier in the day hiking to Rice Peak, so I played it lazy and rode the lift up to the top and hiked from there (7/7/97). In 2004 went with my wife via some trails near the ski center. Top is flat and has been graded. | |
| Posted Sep 12, 2006 10:59 pm | ||
| nebben | Route Climbed: None Date Climbed: 5.28.05 | |
| Cheated, drove to the forest service parking lot just down the road from the observatory, walked the fence to the North. Too bad so many Arizona mountains have observatories on the tops of them =( | |
| Posted May 29, 2005 6:56 pm | ||
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