Airmen Peak - Santa Catalina Mountains

I began my hike at 9:54 AM, at the Molino Basin Trailhead which is 4,369 feet elevation. The elevation gain to the 6,100-foot summit is 1,723 feet. I arrived on the summit at 12:16 PM, and then took a 48 minute break. The summit offers great views in all directions. It was 2:58 PM when I got back to my car.

• Distance: 3.5 miles
• Time: 5 hours 3 minutes
• Trailhead to summit: 2 hours 21 minutes
• Summit to trailhead: 1 hour 54 minutes

Safford Peak - Saguaro National Park West

I began my hike at 11:41 AM at the North Scenic Drive Trailhead. Then at 1:17 PM, I stood on the 3,563-foot summit. The summit offers great views of the Tucson Basin and the Avra Valley. The Tucson basin is filled with hundreds to thousands of feet of alluvium — sand, gravel, and silt washed down  from the surrounding mountains over millions of years. The Avra Valley is a north trending fault-dropped alluvial basin.

• Distance: 3.6 miles
• Time: 3 hours 16 minutes
• Trailhead to summit: 1 hour 36 minutes
• Summit to trailhead: 1 hour 15 minutes