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Article: Ski Valley isn't last stop on Mount Lemmon road.
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- AZ Daily Star
- Article date:
- June 3, 2007
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Byline: Doug Kreutz
Jun. 3--Sometimes the end of the road is not the end of the road. Sometimes you can go farther.
Literal case in point: the road leading to Mount Lemmon Ski Valley in the Catalina Mountains northeast of Tucson.
Most travelers drive up the Catalina Highway and take the 1.4-mile spur road that ends at Ski Valley. But it's possible to go farther -- on a narrow, minimally maintained but splendidly scenic road segment leading from Ski Valley to the top of Mount Lemmon.
Drive it: In snow-free seasons, such as right now, passenger cars can travel the 1.7-mile road segment from the ski area to a parking lot on the ...