Blackett's Ridge and Point 4409 - 4.20.2017
We parked at the visitor center in Sabino Canyon State Park... where we found the Bear Canyon Trailhead... now we will follow this trail to Phone Line Trail #27.
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Bear Canyon Trail #29 starts as a road... and stays that way for ~1 mile... here we are walking directly toward Blackett's Ridge.
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Crossing Sabino Creek on a nice bridge... Blackett's Ridge is in the distance.
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We have found Phone Line Trail #27... which we will follow to Blackett's Ridge Trail #48.
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On Phone Line Trail #27... looking for Blackett's Ridge Trail #48.
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Time to leave Phone Line Trail #27 and head up Blackett's Ridge.
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Gaining elevation on Blackett's Ridge Trail #48... looking across Tucson to the Tucson Mountains.
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Continuing up on Blackett's Ridge Trail #48... Sabino Canyon down in the valley on the left.
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Looking back at the Tucson Mountains as we gain elevation on Blackett's Ridge.
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Continuing up on Blackett's Ridge.
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Now we can see Point 4409 on Blackett's Ridge in the foreground... Thimble Peak is left center... Sabino Canyon is below on the left.
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Looking back down Blackett's Ridge from Point 4409.
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A selfie from Point 4409 on Blackett's Ridge... Point 5001 is directly behind us... with Thimble Peak to the left.
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On Point 4409.
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Sabino Canyon and Thimble Peak... heading back to the car... the hike was 5.8 miles roundtrip, gaining 1883 feet of elevation.
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