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andrewclaus

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Snow above Tucson

Snow line was down to about 4000' a couple of days ago, about 2000' above town. I gave it a couple of warm days to melt and tackled the Mt Lemmon Road today. To my surprise I was able to get up to the high point on the road at 8,200'. It was surprising both due to my fitness level and the snow being plowed so well.

The first photo is a dusting of snow on the hoodoos around 6,000'.

A nice snow slope (for SO AZ) on the climb:

The high point at 8,200':

Total for the day was 60 miles and 5,800'. Slow ride, about 5 mph on the climb. I've been faster, but have seldom had a better day.

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