Hiked the Esperero Trail #25 today with the Voyager hiking club (6 including me); about 9 miles roundtrip, including about 0.5 mile extra due to missing a trail junction:) The TH begins about 0.2 miles from the Sabino Canyon Visitor Center at 2720’ AMSL, and traverses north through the Pusch Wilderness; lots of large Saguaro cactus! Unsure exactly where we stopped for lunch and turned around but think it was around Geronimo Meadow (4720’ AMSL); great views of Tucson to the south along Sabino Canyon Road! We left the Visitor Center around 9am and returned around 2:30pm. The return trip took 2 hours from Geronimo Meadow and we stopped about 30 minutes for lunch. The trail continues past our stop providing connections to “Window Peak” and Mt. Kimball to the west and to Cathedral Rock and Romero Pass to the north. I hiked to Romero Pass (from Catalina State Park) a couple of weeks ago. I'm impressed by the number and length of trails in the Tucson area. Unlike Denver, where I'm from, one can reach many area trails in 30 minutes!
Lots of Saguaro!
Lunch along the trail.
Cathedral Rock; about 6 miles north of our lunch/turn around stop.
Looking back (south) at Tucson along Sabino Canyon Road.
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