RSVPS OPEN on Thursday, November 14th, 2019 at 9:00am
• Dist: 3.5/7.0 miles out and back
• Accum. Gain: 700/ 1,450'
• Rating: Intermediate
(See "What we're about" at https://www.meetup.com/Hiking-Tucson/)
**RESTRICTIONS: No guests, dogs, firearms or tobacco
• Cell phones SILENT during hike
Madera Canyon is a fee area - $5.00 per car
Madera Canyon Trail Map (PDF): https://goo.gl/RyMSdo
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This hike will accommodate both Beginner and Intermediate hikers.
Beginner hikers will hike the 1.75 miles to the Amphitheater and then return ON THEIR OWN to the starting point. If you are going on the Beginner portion make sure you have a ride when you return to the Proctor trail head.
Intermediate Hikers will hike the 3.5 miles to the Mount Wrightson picnic area and then after a break we all return together.
Click here (https://goo.gl/EMFU1L) for the car pooling at the Home Depot. ALSO see map in the Photo section below.
I will meet you at the Home Depot. Look for a white car with the trunk lid up.
****** DEPART Home Depot at 09:00 ******
If you choose not to carpool, you can meet us at the Proctor trail head (https://goo.gl/pr9Q6x) for an 9:45ish hike start.
The Proctor parking lot is the very first one (https://goo.gl/mhCN1C) on the right when you enter Madera Canyon.
It is the first right past the fee/info station entrance. Rest rooms and maps are available here.
The trail head is approximately 45/35 miles south of Tucson.
Directions to the trailhead: https://tinyurl.com/y67ldqsg
Madera Canyon is a fee area - $5.00 per car or Federal pass
These fees for recreational use will hopefully allow
the Forest Service to continue to subsidize grazing
leases and timber sales at their present generous levels.
