Way too hot. The hike is on the west slope, and in the afternoon you just cook. SAR pulls out somebody almost every weekend with heat stroke and dehydration.
If I want to do the Catalinas in the summer I drive all the way up to the top where it is cooler. There's a pretty good hanging spot about 2 miles from the TH, but there is no water anywhere up there so you have to dry camp.
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