Mt. Lemmon

Another gorgeous Arizona day to do some touring. So we decided to drive up Mt. Lemmon. What an awesome trip. The rock formations were spectacular. Pretty cold at the top though, and we were in shorts. Yikes! Definitely worthwhile and enjoyable anyway.

View from about 2000 Ft Looking out over Tucson. Another 7000 ft to go!

"Mt Lemmon Scenic Byway is the only paved road that leads to the upper reaches of Mt. Lemmon and the Santa Catalina Range. It is one of the most scenic drives in southeast Arizona. It provides access to a fascinating land of great vistas, outlandish rockscapes, cool mountain forests and deep canyons spilling out onto broad deserts. Because the road starts in the Lower Sonoran vegetative life zone and climbs to the high forests of the Canadian zone, it offers the biological equivalent of driving from the deserts of Mexico to the forests of Canada in a short stretch of 27 miles."

"Jutting up 9,000 feet above sea level in the Santa Catalina Mountains 25 miles north of Tucson, Arizona, this magnificent mountain peak stands amidst the pale backdrop of the sparse desert sand and cactus."

At about 5000 ft, it was starting to get pretty cold, as you can see by this snow plow pile that isn't melting...

Now I am ready to go down to the warm air again. This reminds me way too much of Home. Brrrrr

The Ski Valley at the top! There is also a Ski village called Summerhaven, which is reminiscent of Banff or Jasper

in miniature.