Tag: hiking

Cool Hiking in the Grand Tetons

Lynn Warren While Phoenix temperatures were consistently hitting triple digits, three Hiking Club couples headed north for a week in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Park and enjoyed great weather, with temperatures topping out around 80 degrees. If you haven’t been to the Tetons, the mountains are magnificent and offer great hiking. On June 28,…

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Backpacking on the Arizona Trail Lynn Warren Many Hiking Club members no longer want to sleep on the ground, even on a comfortable air mattress. However, there are still a few who engage in backpacking adventures a few times a year, and on May 26, four backpackers began a four-day, 66-mile adventure covering several passages…

Hiker Celebrates Milestone as Club Bids Adieu

Lynn Warren After 15 years of hiking with the club, on May 12, Pete Williams led a large group of hikers on his 1,600th hike, a record for the club. Marilyn Reynolds, club president, provided an appropriate cape, crown, and pedestal for Pete and engaged in a little good-natured roasting before congratulating Pete and thanking…

9K Hiking Milestone

Stephen Nathan PebbleCreek resident, Dave Kiesling, completed a hiking milestone on April 11. He hiked a cumulative 9,000 miles on that date since Jan. 1, 2016. Dave has hiked alone because he prefers solitude. He likes to take pictures and hikes at his own pace. He has hiked national parks, national monuments, state parks, county…

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Left to right: Lynn Warren (photographer), Eileen and Leon Mosse, Kris Raczkiewicz, and Neal Wring enjoying a magical canyon with brilliant white rock formations in southern Utah.

Hikers Explore Southern Utah Lynn Warren A small group of “B” hikers drove to Kanab, Utah on April 4 and used this town as a base for three days of beautiful but challenging hikes around the area, from Zion to the west to Wahweap to the east. The objective of the trip was to pre-hike several areas…

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From left: Neal Wring, Vicki Carter, Kris Raczkiewicz, Marilyn Reynolds, Bill Halte, Clare Bangs, Leon and Eileen Mosse, and Lynn Warren (photographer) relaxing after a leisurely lunch on the summit of Picacho Peak.

Hikers Enjoy Views on Picacho Peak Summit Lynn Warren If you have driven I-10 to Tucson, you probably noticed an imposing peak on the west side of the interstate about 45 miles north of Tucson at the exit for Picacho Peak State Park, site of the westernmost battle of the Civil War. The sheer rock…

Hikers Meet at Lunch in the White Tanks

Lynn Warren Because of COVID restrictions, club hiking groups are limited to no more than 12 hikers and meet and depart from separate PebbleCreek areas. On Jan. 29, a cool, partly cloudy morning, the B hiking group and the C group unexpectedly met on the exposed rock ledges above Willow Springs in the White Tanks.…

PebbleCreek Hikers at “The Bus Stop”

Mary Hill A group of PebbleCreek Hikers took a break at “the bus stop,” as it is known, on their way to Fat Man’s Pass. It is an annual favorite hike, especially after the holidays, to make sure we can all still fit through the pass. This is considered a C hike, with a distance of…

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Left to right: Marilyn Reynolds, Clare Bangs, Mike Tansey, Eileen Lords-Mosse, Neal Wring, Kris Raczkiewicz, and Lynn Warren (photographer) enjoying 360-degree views from the summit of Saddle Mountain.

Hikers Climb Saddle Mountain Lynn Warren The odd-shaped mountain south of I-10 at Tonopah (with a large dip in the middle) is known as Saddle Mountain. On Jan. 7, a comfortable sunny day, seven “B” hikers headed west to tackle the challenging three-mile trail to the summit. Although the trail to the top was very…

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Some of the local geology. Hikers (from left to right): Art Arner, Charlene Elijew, Alex Elijew, Nancy Love, Jo Ann Talent, Mary Hill, Ron Grove, Gary Baker, hike leader Joe Clarkson, and Dave Schuldt. (Photo by Dana Thomas)

Dana L. Thomas The Agua Fria River begins east-northeast of Prescott and flows through Black Canyon on its way to Lake Pleasant. Hiking the Black Canyon Trail from the Table Mesa Trailhead takes you down to the river a short distance from Lake Pleasant. During the early fall, this section of the river was too…