Tucson Mts: Desperado Loop at Sweetwater Preserve

• Mileage: 4.0 miles total
• Total elevation gain: 400'
• Rating: D - Beginner
**RESTRICTIONS: No guests, dogs, firearms or tobacco/vaping
• Cell phones SILENT during hike

By RSVP-ing "Yes" to this event you are agreeing to hold the event host/organizer not liable for any personal injury, death or property damage that occurs during the event or in transit to and from the event.

This easy-going open desert ramble is more of a stroll than a hike - very mellow.
As we walk through a forest of widely spaced saguaros, we will enjoy nice views of the higher peaks of the Tucson Mountain including Wasson Peak which is the highest at 4600'.

Here is an AllTrails map of the hiking route here.
Explore Desperado Loop

RSVP etiquette:
• Sign up only if you really intend to come
• If you need to cancel, do so BEFORE the RSVP deadline so someone can get your spot
• If you change your mind, take yourself off the Going or Wait list
• Please don't be a no-show
Be sure to bring adequate water, food, trekking poles, etc.
As always - Hike at Your Own Risk

Questions?
Cell: 304.290.8066
Email: Contact Mike Breiding
(I do not use MeetUp messaging)
WV-Mike

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Sweetwater Preserve information at Pima County Park and Recreation:
Sweetwater Preserve | Pima County, AZ

The Sweetwater Preserve is a 880+ acre preserve located in the eastern foothills of the Tucson Mountains of Southern Arizona, west of Tucson. Within approximately one-half mile of the Preserve are Saguaro National Park’s Tucson Mountain District, and a biological research preserve owned by the University of Arizona. Tucson Mountain Park is also located a short distance to the south.

Most of Sweetwater Preserve was homesteaded and owned by Joseph Conrad Fraps from 1927 until his death in 1963.
Per the Homestead Act of 1862 President Hoover issued a land patent for section 26 in Township 13 South of Range 12 East of the Gila and Salt meridian to Mr Fraps on March 25, 1932.
To fulfill requirements of the ACT Mr Fraps dug a well, built and lived in a one room wooden shack with a metal roof, raised goats on the land and paid $18 in fees and commissions.
Born in 1873 in Raleigh North Carolina Mr. Frap came to Arizona territory in 1908 as a machinist for the Arizona and New Mexico railway.