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Hike · Tanque Verde Ridge trailhead

Tanque Verde Ridge Trail

Distance
7.3 mi
Vertical
266 ft
Summit
6,936 ft
Difficulty
Moderate

The Rincon Mountains rise abruptly east of Tucson, the eastern wall of the Tucson Basin and one of the five ranges of the Madrean Sky Islands that ring the valley. Tanque Verde Ridge is the long western buttress of the range, climbing from the Sonoran Desert floor at 3,000 feet…

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Tanque Verde Ridge climbing into the Rincons under late-afternoon light, a saguaro stand defining the lower bajada that the trail crosses for its first miles.
C7nubicwave · CC BY-SA 4.0
Snow dusting the upper Rincons in mid-winter, with the saguaro-clad lower flanks bare in front — an annual sight when storms drop low.
Alan Stark · CC BY 2.0
Granite slabs and seasonal water in Tanque Verde Canyon at the foot of the ridge — the same drainage the trail climbs out of in its lower miles.
AraucariaH · CC0
The Rincon Mountain District of Saguaro National Park looking up toward the western buttress of the Rincons — the saguaro-forest country the lower trail traverses.
Mathae · CC BY 3.0

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