Ram's Canyon (Catalina SP) and Walter’s Cascade Trails

After hiking the Ram's Canyon Trail in Oro Valley a week or so ago, and looking at the trail's proximity to Catalina State Park, I thought I could connect the two hikes near the large water tank they have in common. I was basing this supposition on the satellite maps for each hike (see below) and sure enough, they do connect. One could easily create a decent 10+ mile out and back trail combining both hikes, or a shorter point-to-point hike.

Today's hike is an agglomeration of several trails but primarily based on the Ram's Canyon Trail inside Catalina State Park. The first mile is the last segment  of the Alamo Canyon Loop if one hikes it clockwise; the next mile or so is a portion of the Dead Horse Canyon out-and-back; Ram's Canyon up to the water tank; and finally, the final leg of the Dead Horse Canyon hike, a piece called the Walter’s Cascade Trail, which I hiked to on a previous Dead Horse Canyon hike.

Had to pay ten bucks for this hike today primarily because the State of Arizona had no choice but to raise their day pass rates and more than double the price of annual park passes because of cutbacks from the Neo-Nazi nitwits in the fatuous fascist Shitler government. This all affects poor people the most, of course, just so the cretinous deranged orange monster can give massive tax cuts to his billionaire friends. Despicable. But enough ranting about MAGA asshats. 

Beautiful weather today. Clear skies, no wind, and 73º. Saw a few other trail users, including a couple on horseback, but mostly I had the trails to myself.

The water tank, looking northeast.

Satellite images of today's hike, on the left; last week's, on the right. The grey circle is the water tank.

The cascading water, mostly a trickle today, but check the video below.