If you’ve hiked Sabino Canyon, you know it’s peaceful and predictable, but over the weekend, hikers were met with a very different scene: a huge boulder sitting right in the middle of the paved road.
An estimated three-ton boulder crashed onto the popular paved trail at Sabino Canyon over the weekend, creating a rocky surprise for hikers who say it’s a miracle nobody was injured.
The massive rock fell Saturday night onto the tram road about a mile and a half from the visitor center. Officials say recent heavy rain and strong winds likely caused the dirt to loosen, sending the boulder tumbling down and damaging the surrounding area and cacti.
“It hit on this side first, and there’s really just a little hole. Then it bounced. And when it hit here, it took out a huge goiter of land. So that’s kind of impressive, the physics of it,” said Scott Bultman, an avid Sabino Canyon hiker.
The boulder’s impact left significant damage to the paved road, surprising even regular visitors to the canyon.
“People swim right down here, so that could’ve been a catastrophe,” Bultman said…