Mt. Lemmon Ski Valley open for skiing
Skiing in the Catalina Mountains
The holiday snow storms have blanketed the Catalina Mountains enough to start the winter 2008-2009 ski season at Ski Valley.
Check weather reports before heading up the mountain. Road conditions can change within minutes.
Mt. Lemmon Ski Valley
P.O. Box 612, Mount Lemmon, Mt. Lemmon, Arizona 85619
10300 Ski Run Rd. 520-576-1321
Snow Report: 520-576-1400
RSS News Feed of Road Conditions, Snow Reports and other Travel Information to Tucson and Ski Valley Weather
Phone: 520-741-4991
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Mt. Lemmon Ski Conditions: New snow, lifts open, base depth and weather report from About.com.
Mt. Lemmon Snow Report, Ski Valley:
576-1400
Mt. Lemmon Highway Reconstruction Hotline:
749-3329
Pima County Sheriffs Office Road Information Line: 741-4991
U.S. Forest Service: 749-8700
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Mount Lemmon Ski Valley: The summit is 9,157 feet (2,791 m) above sea level, and receives approximately 180-200 inches (4,600 mm) of snow annually. For snowboarders, there is a terrain park and a half pipe. More from the Coronado National Forest.
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Fees to Use the Catalina Mountains facilities
The U.S. Forest Service charges a fee for those who plan to travel up the mountain. Residents and employees on the mountain are exempt from the new fee. This fee is expected to help improve and preserve some of the area, according to U.S. Forest Service reports. At the present time, those who access fee areas by means other than vehicle do not need to purchase a pass. Parking along Sabino Canyon Road, at the entrance of the Coronado National Forest is prohibited. Violators may be subject to fines.
Fee areas are required for visitors 24 hours a day. After operations center closes, people continue using the roads, trails and restroom are required to pay the fees. A self-serve fee tube is provided in all fee areas for after hours pass purchases. Some free days include Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years Day, a Free Fishing Day in June and other days that are at the discretion of Forest Service officials. Free days are scheduled and announced in advance.
The following fees apply to all Coronado National Forest fee areas:
- $5 per vehicle per day
- $10 per vehicle per week
- $20 per vehicle per year (valid for one year from date of purchase)
A Catalina Mountain Pass is good at any fee area on the Coronado National Forest. Purchase a Day Pass at Sabino Canyon in the morning, and use it later that afternoon to visit Mt. Lemmon. An Annual Pass can be used at Sabino Canyon, Mt. Lemmon, Madera Canyon in the Santa Rita Mountains, or at South Fork in the Chiricahua Mountains. Conversely, passes purchased at Madera Canyon or South Fork can also be used at any other Coronado National Forest fee area. More information on the Passes and Fees or call 520-388-3800.
Mt Lemmon Weather and Road Conditions
Mount Lemmon Observatory Weather and Sky information, realtime motion southwest weather map and current temperatures, weather conditions and forecast from the Mount Lemmon Observatory. Webcam images from the University of Arizona observatory viewing the Catalina Mountains, including Mt. Bigalow. Updated by the minutes. Refresh your pages for latest images.
U.S. National Weather Service forecast and reports for Mount Lemmon weather, AZ. Detailed 7-day forecast. Detailed map forecast, scroll and zoom in for closer views. Current conditions. Forecast location, Lat/Lon: 32.43N 110.76W. Elevation:7596 ft.
Weather.com Weather conditions for today, tomorrow and by the hour. Current temperature. Weekend and 10-day forecasts for driving up the mountain. Radar maps.
Wunderground.com Current temperatures, wind, visibility, forecasts and maps.
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Hiking Mt. Lemmon and Catalina Mountains
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Frog Mountain Blues (Paperback)
by Charles Bowden, Jack W. Dykinga (Photographer)
Frog Mountain is the name the native people gave the highest peak in Arizona's Santa Catalina Mountains. In this set of seven essays, Bowden elegizes this endangered wilderness area, and describes the recent developments roads, ski lodges, ATV trails that have degraded the mountains.
He believes in preserving the wilderness, insisting that there be no encroachment into remaining wild areas. Some of the writing is startling in its descriptive power and imagery, and the chapter "Frog Mountain" is an elegant defense of the preservationist point of view.
The many photographs nicely complement Bowden's text. But overall the book is uneven. Suitable for regional and comprehensive collections. Randy Dykhuis, Grace A. Dow Memorial Lib., Midland, Mich. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Climbers guide to Sabino Canyon and Mount Lemmon Highway Tucson, Arizona
by John Steiger (Author)
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Tucson Hiking Guide
Author: Betty Leavengood
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Squeezing the Lemmon II ...
more juice than ever: A rock climber's guide to the Mt. Lemmon Highway, Tucson, Arizona (Unknown Binding) by Eric Fazio-Rhicard (Author) 2000, 324 pages.
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