Huge trail expansion plan for Santa Catalina Mountains finalized
About 54 miles of new trails could be added to the existing 240-mile trail system in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson under a plan finalized Friday, officials say.
The Santa Catalina Trail Plan envisions the expansion over the next 15 years through adoption and new trail construction.
But it also would drop about 31 miles of trail from Forest Service maintenance. Most are on the northwest side of the mountain range severely burned in the 2020 Bighorn Fire as well as rarely-used trails on the east side of the range, the final…
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