Winter Scenes Around Tucson Tucson is surrounded by four mountain ranges; the Santa Catalina, Rincons, and Santa Rita ranges are over 9,000 feet high and offer downhill and cross-country skiing and snowshoing.

The Santa Rita Mountains 45 minutes south of our home. High desert grassland in the foreground.   Mount Wrightson, at over 9,000 feet, the highest point in the Santa Ritas.

Cross-country skiing at Rose Lake in the Santa Catalinas.

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