Each week, the Daily Wildcat offers suggestions on how to spend your weekend. If you’ve never experienced a desert hike, or the desert at all, this is the perfect weekend to hit up Sabino Canyon. As ...

TUCSON – Sabino Canyon serves up quite the lung-busting hike for weekend warriors. The daunting Blackett’s Ridge ascends roughly 1,500 feet in elevation. A little over a half mile on the Phoneline ...

The Grand Canyon State may be home to one of the seven natural wonders of the world, but it is not the only canyon worth seeing in Arizona. While the Grand Canyon reigns supreme in the north, southern ...

This 0.3-mile loop trail, which begins near the visitor center, is no hiking challenge — but it's an excellent introduction to Sabino Canyon's ecosystem. A flat, handicap-accessible, barrier-free ...

It’s only getting hotter in Tucson, so now is the time to explore the many hikes and restaurants the city has to offer. A region surrounded by five major mountain ranges makes it ideal for outdoor ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Sabino Canyon is one of the most popular hiking and recreation areas in Southern Arizona. For more than a century, Tucsonans have made their way into the Catalina Foothills to ...

Contractors will repurpose original 1930s stonework to rebuild the staircase leading to the upper level of the dam, with completion about 30 days away. CATALINA FOOTHILLS, Ariz. (KGUN) — A stairway ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Throughout Arizona, there are hundreds of different ways to enjoy the outdoors. "Anywhere I can get away, throw a hammock up in the trees and just relax," Masumi Herota, a hiker ...

We’ve reached that time of the year when the spring breezes flit away, and we’re left with the start of a 100-plus-degree Southwest summer. But there are ways to go outdoors and still beat the ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - Over the last three days, the Pima County Sheriff's Department Parks Enforcement/Search and Rescue Unit (PE/SAR) has been actively involved in rescuing hikers in Sabino Canyon ...