The Santa Catalina Trail Plan envisions the expansion over the next 15 years.
By Cindy Coffer Chojnacky Special to the Arizona Daily Star 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.
People are also reading… The plan is a joint effort by staff on the Santa Catalina Ranger District, the parent Coronado National Forest headquartered in Tucson and a number of partner and volunteer groups. Some 18 miles of user-created, or “unauthorized,” trails between Golder Ranch Road and Catalina State Park in the western Catalina foothills — had the most popular support for adoption, said Adam Milnor, recreation staff officer on Coronado National Forest.
Milagrosa, a popular 3.75-mile mountain bike route that connects private and Pima County land to the Arizona Trail east of Molino Basin, is also up for “adoption,” along with a trail that links the Sabino Canyon overflow parking lot to the Esperero Trail and some smaller trail segments. A new proposed trail emerging from user discussions is the 4.5-mile Knagge to Davis Spring Loop connector trail. It would connect the Butterfly and Knagge trails on east side. The Friends of Santa Catalina Trails Association will seek grant funding for the project, Milnor said.
Also on the cutting block are Lower Brush Corral, Evans Mountain, Lower Davis Spring and lower Knagge trails. The proposed Knagge-Davis Spring trail would offer a 10-mile loop option for hikers while lesser-used trails in this area would no longer be maintained.
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