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Way up high, green(ery) is breaking out

Along the Aspen Draw Trail, fresh leaves make for a true sense of spring. The trail can be reached by heading into Summerhaven and turning onto Turkey Run Road.

May 17, 2012 12:00 am Comments

Way up high, green(ery) is breaking out

Flush of spring can be seen along the Aspen Draw Trail, one of many trails through forested terrain in the Catalina Mountains.

May 17, 2012 12:00 am Comments

Way up high, green(ery) is breaking out

Leaves like these would stand scant chance in a desert setting, but they're plain to view now in the Catalinas.

May 17, 2012 12:00 am Comments

Way up high, green(ery) is breaking out

Spring sunshine has seared the last snow from the heights of the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson - ushering in the season of green. It's a perfect time for a trek in lush woodlands a vertical mile above the city.

May 17, 2012 12:00 am Photos

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Catalina State Park: Take a walk - or a hike, ride - on the wild side

It might have ended up as a gated community of grandiose trophy homes - their picture windows framing the rocky ramparts of Pusch Ridge and the lush fairways of a golf course. Ah, but it didn't.

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