Box Camp News Today

Experienced backpackers attracted by the Catalina skyline will find both solitude and improved trails for a trek along the crest of the Santa Catalina mountains.

The Pima County Sheriff's Department Search and Rescue recently helped two lost hikers on the Box Camp Trail.

I decided to check several Sacramento River Basin snowpack locations on the California Department of Water Resources website and found that the Mt. Shasta spot was very low at 51 percent of average with 68 inches at the 7,900 ft. elevation. But there was a nice above average in the Gray Rocks Lakes of the Castle Crags area of the basin with 73 inches recorded at the 6,200 ft. level giving that location 109 of the historical average. On April 1, I noticed ranchers were turning their legal water ...

New trails open along the Bighorn burn scar as Coronado National Forest crews work to reduce hazards Signs of wildlife and plant life have been spotted on Mt. Lemmon after the Bighorn Fire. (Source: AZ Game & Fish) By KOLD News 13 Staff | December 10, 2020 at 2:30 PM MST - Updated December 10 at 2:30 PM TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - The Coronado National Forest is taking steps to reduce hazards on designated National Forest System trails in the burn scar of the Bighorn Fire. Forest st...