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Take a Hike-The Yetman Trail
On the edge of the Tucson Mountains lies the Yetman Trailhead. We'll take this on a 6-mile loop.
Here's the route.
We hiked a portion of this trail with friends Don and Karen last year. On this day, our destination is quite a distance farther with the intention of exploring a cave along the way.
There are plenty of sharp hills to get up and over. Poles help!
And plenty of prickly chollas to avoid.
Down one more steep hill and ahead lies a much steeper one where we'll find the cave.
Almost impossible to discern in this photo, the cave lies close to the top.
Zoom in.
Probably one of the steepest and rubbliest "trails" I've ever been on.
Dean and Stan find their way up.
Made it! Kathi takes a look at what are likely fake pictographs...good fakes, however. There are a few other markings that possibly could be original pictographs.
Here's the view looking out from the cave.
It's a dicey trudge back down to the main trail.
A little farther, the trail takes us up a ridge where we find a great place for lunch.
Now starts the really hard part-up and over a seemingly vertical slope.
The views are worth the push, however!
After that, the trail switchbacks down to a creek bed and rejoins the original part of the trail.
Almost back to the car and civilization--and the hot tub!
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