Romero Pass, Romero Canyon Trail – 2014/4/5

1404 Arriving at Romero Pass

Arriving at Romero Pass took about 2 hours and 40 minutes of hard effort on the Romero Canyon Trail – it only took another 3 or 4 minutes for my friend Richard to appear on the West Fork trail. This was our meeting spot for today – he started at Molino Basin and was about 13 miles into an east/west crossing of the Santa Catalina Mountains.

The pass was too windy/chilly to be a nice spot for a break – so after refilling bottles we headed down – eventually taking a break along the canyon – green plants and flowing water!

1404 A break in Romero Canyon

Alison was also hiking up from Catalina State Park – her small blue figure was hard to spot against the huge walls of the canyon!

1404 Alison and Romero Canyon

Down, down, down the canyon – beautiful sections of canyon abound above Romero Pools –

1404 Alison and Richard Running Down

we had all seen other people during the day but until Romero Pools we didn’t see anyone on the descent, after Romero Pools there were quite a few groups headed down – a lovely day to enjoy the trail!

flickr – 2014 April Romero Canyon Trail

 

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