No sign of observatory construction. We were lucky to get up Graham before this work started and environmental protests against the project got going. Not sure if access is quite as easy now. Scopes are on Emerald Peak, Mount Graham is still not built on, and astronomers are not located near it. An old jeep road is soon reached, and a use trail on it leads through the trees that are growing on the road.
Some patches are pretty dense.
Eventually the former main dirt road is reached at 9,850'. The road is ripped, and has dirt berms in place. However, a use trail is found along it. No signs are found along this road.