Finger Rock Trail

Location Description

63 photos

Setting off on a hike to Finger Rock in the Catalina...
Snow on the Santa Catalina mountains.
Emily, Peter and Mel hiking the Finger Rock Trail.
Mel coming up the trail.
Mel coming up the trail.
Peter and Emily not far behind.
Stopping for a break.
The sun starts to shine despite the snow falling above.
Peter, Emily, and Mel.
Peter, Emily and Mel on the hike to Finger Rock.
John, self portrait on the Finger Rock Trail. Peter in...
I decided to break in my brand new Vibram Five Finger...
Having fun balancing.
The shoes really felt good over a several mile hike. My...
Fancy feet!
Peter enjoying the hike.
Hail is starting to come down (seen best against the dark sky).
Emily, hiking despite some light hail/snow.
Peter with snow in his hair and some sort of cholla and an agave.
Mel and Emily. Finger rock directly above their heads.
Emily about to lob a snowball at me.
Prickly pear cactus covered in snow.
Getting to the slickrock. This is where it started to...
Group shot taken on a timer at the highest point we...
Mel, on the way back down.
Beautiful view toward Finger Rock.
Dun dun DUN. In Mel's eagerness to avoid a steep exposed...
After removing all the thorns.
We hadn't gone much further when Peter developed a...
Looking back down the canyon at Tucson.
Mel on another section of slickrock. Not as steep as the...
Finger Rock in the snow and sunlight.
Zooming in as far as my camera will go.
Emily!
This saguaro sort of looks like a person talking (or...
The storm clouds and sun really turned the afternoon dramatic.
John, basking in the soft afternoon Sonoran winter sun.
We were a lot more comfortable back down at lower...
The four amigos. Peter, Emily, Mel and John. Almost...
I changed into my emergency long underwear somewhere on...
Peter taking a picture of a Saguaro.
What dramatic landscape and lighting!
Peter and Mel.
These cacti always end up looking like people to me....
Mel and Emily enjoy the scenery.
Aww! A bird's nest. Abandoned it would seem.
We started to realize that we were going to get treated...
The lighting just got better and better as it got later.
Waiting for the sun to set.
I really enjoyed the way the needles on the saguaros...
Ghost saguaro.
The shadows are starting to creep in.
Peter, Emily and Mel.
Ha! My instinct to shield my eyes from the sun make this...
Ow! Cannot look into the sun!
We are treated to a spectacular sunset. My parents were...
Mel watching the sun set.
Awww... Emily and Peter.
Emily and Peter watching the alpen glow.
When we got near the trailhead, we found countless...
Sun is all gone!
Dad and John go for an afternoon quick stroll at the...
We only had an hour so we didn't go very far. Still it...