Saguaro - Wasson Peak in Snow!
Winter is the best time to visit Saguaro National Park and a snowy hike up Wasson Peak on the Hugh Norris Trail provides a fabulous adventure through a desert world of frozen cactus and icy spines.
Park Junkie loves a great winter hike, and a January visit to Tucson, Arizona gave an opportunity to explore the Tucson Mountain District in one of its rarest disguises. Upon waking one morning in my camper, I gazed out my window and found that the dark hours of night had delivered a fair estimate of snow to the higher regions of the park. The entire upper realm of Wasson Peak lay covered with a fresh blanket of snow and ice.
I quickly jumped to cooking breakfast and making coffee, and soon departed the Snyder Hill BLM area to head up the Hugh Norris Trail in hopes of finding the elusive snow-covered Saguaro cactus that seemed to always escape me during my occasional visits to southern Arizona.
Heavy rain enveloped my truck as I motored northward, but upon arrival at the trailhead, thick clouds slowly parted and hazy sunshine begrudgingly emerged, as if from a long nap, with little concern for the day's duties... but that big ball of fire did emerge...
I headed into the mountains, my gate quick and my eyes keenly awakened to the fresh scenery of a trail that I had never before hiked....
If you're headed to Saguaro, be sure to check out my guide to this fabulous park:
www.parkjunkie/saguaro
#saguaro #arizona #nationalpark
Видео Saguaro - Wasson Peak in Snow! канала Park Junkie
Park Junkie loves a great winter hike, and a January visit to Tucson, Arizona gave an opportunity to explore the Tucson Mountain District in one of its rarest disguises. Upon waking one morning in my camper, I gazed out my window and found that the dark hours of night had delivered a fair estimate of snow to the higher regions of the park. The entire upper realm of Wasson Peak lay covered with a fresh blanket of snow and ice.
I quickly jumped to cooking breakfast and making coffee, and soon departed the Snyder Hill BLM area to head up the Hugh Norris Trail in hopes of finding the elusive snow-covered Saguaro cactus that seemed to always escape me during my occasional visits to southern Arizona.
Heavy rain enveloped my truck as I motored northward, but upon arrival at the trailhead, thick clouds slowly parted and hazy sunshine begrudgingly emerged, as if from a long nap, with little concern for the day's duties... but that big ball of fire did emerge...
I headed into the mountains, my gate quick and my eyes keenly awakened to the fresh scenery of a trail that I had never before hiked....
If you're headed to Saguaro, be sure to check out my guide to this fabulous park:
www.parkjunkie/saguaro
#saguaro #arizona #nationalpark
Видео Saguaro - Wasson Peak in Snow! канала Park Junkie
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