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On the Landscape of the Santa Catalina Mountains

Oracle Ridge, Red Ridge Loop - 2014/7/28

Created by Charles Miles on 8/1/2014.

Oracle Ridge is beautiful today, flowers, green, big views and sections of great ridges.

2014 July Oracle Ridge
2014 July Oracle Ridge. Charles Miles. 7/27/2014.

As the Catalina Camp Trail descends the temperature starts to soar, but soon enough One Park Place appears and the trees along the East Fork of the CaƱada del Oro provide some relief from the sun - water in the East Fork of the CDO is a surprise and we sit, relax and enjoy.

2014 July Water in the East Fork of the CDO
2014 July Water in the East Fork of the CDO. Charles Miles. 7/27/2014.

The loop in this direction ends with the steep climb up the stunning [link slug="red-ridge-trail"/].

2014 July Looking down Red Ridge and over to Oracle Ridge
2014 July Looking down Red Ridge and over to Oracle Ridge. Charles Miles. 7/27/2014.

The Oracle Ridge - Catalina Camp - Red Ridge loop is approximately 8.6 miles with 2500' of cumulative elevation gain/loss.


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