When I was on top of Agua Caliente Hill last week, I looked into the interesting canyons at the base and wondered what it was like down there. I recently joined the Alt Hiking Meetup group to find others interested in bushwhacking and scrambling, and someone posted a loop hike of those very canyons I [...]
Archive for January, 2011
La Milagrosa and Agua Caliente Canyons Loop
Posted in Hiking, Wildlife Rehab, tagged Agua Caliente Canyon, Arizona, donate, Hiking, La Milagrosa Canyon, Milagrosa Ridge Trail, off-trail hiking, Sirena, Wildlife Rehab Fundraiser, wildlife rehabilitation northwest tucson on January 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Agua Caliente Hill
Posted in Hiking, Wildlife Rehab, tagged Agua Caliente Hill, Arizona, Catalinas, desertsirena, GPS Joe, Hiking, rincons, Sirena, tucson, Wildlife Rehab Fundraiser, wildlife rehabilitation northwest tucson on January 14, 2011 | 6 Comments »
The Hill That Felt Like A Mountain Agua Caliente Hill is one of those places that I’ve always looked at and thought “I’ve got to get up there someday”. It is 5369 feet high and nestled between the Catalina and Rincon mountain ranges on the east side of the Tucson valley. It can be seen [...]
New Year’s Hike
Posted in Hiking, Wildlife Rehab, tagged Arizona, Contzen Pass, desertsirena, Hiking, Picture Rocks, Picture Rocks Peak, Sirena, Wildlife Rehab Fundraiser, wildlife rehabilitation northwest tucson on January 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I like to start my year out with a big hike, but I was on call in the afternoon and so I needed something quick and fun. I remembered reading a description on HikeArizona.com about Picture Rocks Peak. If you’ve ever gone over Contzen Pass toward the town of Picture Rocks, you’ve seen the peak [...]

