Middle Bear Canyon picnic area is currently closed for construction - the restroom is being replaced - you can see in the picture above that the old restroom (at least the visible portion) has already been demolished.

I saw the first sign about the prescribed burns near the [link slug="box-camp-trailhead"/] but it wasn't until I passed the [link slug="upper-butterfly-trailhead"/] and [link slug="sunset-trailhead"/] that the smoke and small fires along the highway created a fascinating sight.

A short run - the Meadow and Mount Lemmon Trails to the Sutherland Trail junction from the [link slug="summit-trailhead"/] - 3.6 miles, 640' of elevation gain/loss - clouds kept the temperature wonderfully cool.

There are quite a few great flowers on the mountain right now - on the Meadow Trail I took a picture of the white flowers above. At home I consulted my favorite wild flower book for the Santa Catalina Mountains - Mountain Wildflowers of Southern Arizona by Frank S. Rose - but had trouble confidently identifying it, I think it is a Stevia/Candyleaf but I am not quite sure... However while searching online I did find Frank S. Rose, Flowers and More - a fascinating site by the author of Mountain Wildflowers of Southern Arizona!