Tag: Wasson Peak

Second time hiking Wasson Peak. This time I started from Gould Mine trailhead and looped around to finish at Kings Canyon trailhead. I liked going…

Alotta people hiking Wasson today!

Aside from the rocks not a difficult hike. Saw a few mine shafts which are surrounded by barbed wire. $20 to drive in which seems…

Drove out from Southern California to do a few hikes… This is the first on the list for us. It is a perfect weather day.…

Perfect cool weather after a rain storm. Trail is moderate with beautiful 360 views. Love this trail for a good start of the 6 peaks.

Left Phoenix around 6:30am to get an early start on the trail! Weather was absolutely gorgeous. Good breeze & overcast a majority of the way.…

Great day for a hike. Arrived at the trail head around 7am and finished at 10am. Perfect weather over cast skies.

I just moved to Tucson this summer and haven’t hiked much in years so I thought this might be a good hike to start out.…

Easy 10 miles. Established trail all the way to the peak. Very easy.

Number 1of 6 8miles in this beautiful cactus world! Stay tuned for more! This is just the beginning 😎 . . . #hikeaz #arizonahiking #wassonpeak…

Nice hike, trail was pretty easy to fallow. Good views going up the trails. Relaxing hike with open views of Tucson. Weather was hotter than…

Sunny Tucson Day out on Wasson Peak with King Canyon Start to Peak and back on Hugh Norris

I got lost,  there was no reception and couldnt use maps or the All Trail application.  I made it to a Trail Head and took…

We were cutting it close and needed to tackle the last hike of the challenge. We jumped in the car before the sun came up…

Beautiful day a bit warm.

This was my favorite trail of the challenge

Wow! I can’t believe I grew up in Tucson & didn’t know about this gem! The trail is in fantastic condition & was a welcome…

It was a nice day for a hike

I live in So Cal but wanted to do the AZ Six Pack because my in-laws are in the Phoenix area and this would get…

NO SHADE ANYWHERE!!  However, this was the most spectacular hike for blooming wildflowers.  Luckily, we got a really early start and managed quite a bit…

This was not my favorite hike.  I did love that it was not packed with people.  There is little to no shade and in the…

What a view from the summit!! It is like you are on top of the world and can see for miles in all directions. This…

It was the perfect day to finish my Six Pack Challenge in Wasson Peak yesterday.  The temps were cool,  there was a pretty good wind…

Arrived around 6:30 a.m. about 30 minutes after the sunrise. The sun was still hiding behind one of the hills for about the first 40…

This was my first time hiking Wasson Peak and it’s a beautiful trail and awesome views from the summit. We started on the trail at…

Flowers were beautiful. Bees were AWFUL!

Got to the traihead just as the sun was rising. Only encountered one other hiker on the way up. Hike is a relatively steady climb…

Flowers were awesome, great sights, bees were awful!

This was by far the easiest of the six peaks in this challenge, still really cool though. Saguaro National Park is spectacular! Last peak, officially…

Fun hike with the river rock terrain.

Starting to get warm out

Starting out this location was easy to find, and the weather was absolutely perfect for this hike, with it being slightly overcast out and a…

King Canyon to peak, returned via Hugh Norris, Sendero Esperanza, and Gould Mine.  Colorful wildflowers everywhere!  Nice to hear bees buzzing the whole time.  Definitely…

Day 3 Completed the 6 Peak Challange with a long out and back walk to Wasson Peak

Great morning hike just outside of Tucson. Wildflowers still blooming. Great purple hues dotted the landscape among the majestic Saguaros.  A few old mines along…

We did Wasson Peak after Picacho Peak…such a long day coming from the west valley of Phoenix! It was absolutely beautiful and would love to…

I remember beautiful wildflowers. The weather was perfect and the people were friendly

This was the most beautiful hike I’ve taken since spring has started. There were so many colors and SO many saguaros! It looked like it…

Drove to Tucson but got a late start so didn’t end up starting the hike until right in the middle of the day (around 1pm).…

This was an awesome hike to finish our AZ 6 pack.  From the trailhead the trail starts to climb right away with a lot of…

The wildflowers couldnt have been more beautiful! We went midday, sun/heat was not a problem. The way up was a bit rocky, but we loved…

This hike was a challenge for a few reasons.  1 is the distance.   At just around 7 miles, it’ll really beat you up.  2…

Steady trudge all the way,Wildflowers everywhere and the 360 views from the top are amazing.   The trail was busy of course  (Saturday).  Parking was…

I feel like I owe a lot of you a beer, at a minimum. I’ve read logs of people that have hiked Picacho and Wasson…

Peaked my last peak of the 6 peak challenge this morning in Tucson. A chilly morning was perfect for hiking! Saguaro everywhere you look! Wildflowers…

While the trail was long to get to the peak, it was the easiest of the Arizona Six-Pack of Peaks thus far. It was a…

Wasson Peak on Sunday morning – very early. Perfect weather!

We accidentally parked at another trailhead on the north side of the mountain but figured out that we were at the wrong spot and were…

Lots of wildflowers and Saguaros along with many other desert native plants. A great hike to view the amazing landscape.

The hike was longer than it needed to be

The trail was dirt with loose rocks.  Nice hiking trail with beautiful flowers adding to the desert scenery. The logbook on the summit did not…

A nice gradual climb (of 2000 feet!) in perfect weather and only a few other people on trail.

There was a bit of snow on the north facing slopes above 4,000 ft., but hardly any on the trail itself. Saguaro Natl. Park is…

Did Wasson Peak after completing Picacho Peak the same morning. Arrived at the trailhead at 12:30. Easy trail to navigate. Snow patches started around mile…

Despite the number of vehicles parked at the trailhead and the number of hikers out on the trail, the trail itself did not seem so…

Enjoyed a beautiful sunrise hike with my son.  The parking lot had only one other car in it so we knew we’d have the trail…

Sunrise hike. Cold in the beginning but definitely worth it to beat everyone up to the top and be the first ones done. Amazing view…

Sunrise hike. Cold in the beginning but definitely worth it to beat everyone up to the top and be the first ones done. Amazing view…

It was a windy day.

Beautiful but rainy hike up to Wasson peak. Windys made for sideways rain, the peak was docked in, but it was beautiful none the less.…

Gorgeous gradual hike up with Suguaro Cati towering all around you.  Pretty cool view at the top of the surrounding mountain ranges.

Nice weather

Awesome day for 1,804 ft elevation gain.

Awesome day for a hike outside the Old Pueblo.

It was a beautiful day out, a little chilly at the beginning but we started in the morning around 9AM and ended up finishing round-trip…

What a wildly windy day on Wasson Peak. We only took a short break at the summit for photos then headed down to a less…

Great hike with friends!!  We ended up doing the loop instead of the out and back and by doing so we saw three different trail…

This was my fourth hike in the Arizona Winter Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge. I was camped at Picacho State Park, and drove down after breakfast. Stopped…

Started off from Scottdale on day two of my Arizona hike-a-thon. Crisp early start, very empty lot. Easy grade, slight breeze. Saw a dozen or…

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Wasson Peak is located in the Saguaro National Park and the hike is picturesque like something straight out of an Arizona magazine. The day was…

Wasson Peak is located in the Saguaro National Park and the hike is picturesque like something straight out of an Arizona magazine. The day was…

Last hike of the year….. Wasson Peak in Saguro National Park. Perfect close to 2018, as we started hiking the winds blew, closed poppys and…

It was my first time I went to Saguaro National Park and I loved all the cactus! The trail was pretty gradual all the way…

Started late 11 a.m. I figured the crowd would be gone but I was wrong. The weather was cool abd cold in the shade but…

Started off cold, but ended up being beautiful. We took King’s Canyon up, then the .3 miles to the peak. On the way back we…

Soooooo the road to the trail head that was suggested was closed off and we went to a different one. This hike was nice and…

A beautiful clear Christmas Day to hike one of my favorite peak in the Tucson Mountains, Wasson Peak.

A hike in a National Park… Awesome!! Beautiful scenery and Saguaro Cactus everywhere!! Make sure to bring water since the trail is exposed most of…

We traveled to Tucson from Phoenix and got a late morning start on this trail. The trailhead was crowded, but we managed to find a…