Wilderness of Rocks and Mount Lemmon Trail – 2/19/2015

1502 Looking down to Romero Pass
Looking down on Romero Pass from the Mount Lemmon Trail – Table Mountain in the background. February 2015.

I recently volunteered to help a with a AZGF Bighorn Sheep research project and have a number of points in the Romero Pass area to visit – today was my first time out, I was slow collecting the vegetation survey information but did manage to get a few points done – and it was a great reason to visit this area! Wilderness of Rocks and then Mount Lemmon Trail towards Romero Pass – 15.9 miles, +/- 3800′.

1502 Lotus above Romero Pass
A Lotus above Romero Pass on the Mount Lemmon Trail. February 2014.

Lemmon Rock Lookout – Storms – 2014/8/2

1408 Alisons Footprint on the Lemmon Rock Lookout Trail
We raced to be the first to the top of the Lemmon Rock Trail – all I saw until the top were footprints… August 2014.

Ominous clouds covered the mountain, but when we got out of the car there was no rain or lightning – just wonderful shade and cool temperatures. We took different trails down from the Summit Trailhead – the Mount Lemmon Trail and Aspen Trail, then onto the Wilderness of Rock Trail and up the Lemmon Rock Trail – we raced to be the first up the steep climb to the Lemmon Rock Lookout – I was second up the trail and all I saw were footprints until we met at the top…

1408 Clouds Sun and Curtains of Rain from below the Lemmon Rock Lookout
Curtains of rain moving across Tucson – from just below the Lemmon Rock Lookout. August 2014.