For the past two winters we have traveled to Arizona to spend a few weeks bicycling and hiking in the sunshine. This year we spent about 8 weeks in Tucson, our new winter home. While settling into our new home we were able to bicycle around the Tucson area and I was able to hike several local peaks. This was a fine and badly needed opportunity to get into decent bicycling and hiking shape for the new year.
Wasson Peak from Hugh Norris Trail
My first hike was up Wasson Peak in Saguaro National Park West (Tucson Mountain District) via the Hugh Norris trail on Thursday, February 19. The summit of Wasson Peak is the highest point in the Tucson Mountains with 2117 feet of prominence. It was a warm and sunny day and the hike was a good shakedown after months of relative inactivity. I enjoyed watching several USAF jets pass over.
