Mt. Wrightson, Santa Rita Mountains, South of Tucson
April 6, 2008

Participants

Dave O'Brien
Colin Dundas
Tamara Goldin
Veronique Vuitton
Panayotis Lavvas

Description

Mt. Wrightson is the tallest peak in the Tucson area, at 9453 feet elevation. We hiked to the top from Madera Canyon via the Old Baldy trail (description here). The hike is ~10 miles round-trip with ~4000 feet of elevation gain.

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Large		 View from the parking lot. We're heading to the peak on the right.
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Large		 The MMT, an ~8-meter telescope on Mt. Hopkins.
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Large		 Baboquivari Peak off in the distance
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Large		 What's this doing here?
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Large		 Heading up to Baldy Saddle, about a mile before the peak
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Large		 View of the peak form the saddle. Notice the patches of snow on it.
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Large		 The MMT, again
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Large		 Mine tailings off in the distance
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Full 360-degree panorama from the top
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Large		 Heading back down...
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Large		 Looking back at the peaks
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