“B” Hikers Snack on Pyrite Summit Lynn Warren Pyrite Summit is one of the newer trails in Buckeye’s Skyline Park and is challenging since it requires a strenuous climb to the summit. There are two ways of getting to the top: a longer, more gradual climb from the south or a shorter but much steeper…
Dana Thomas The PebbleCreek Hiking Club (see pchikers.org) gets out early (5:30 or 6 a.m.) during the summer months to avoid the heat. We also carry extra water and electrolytes and do shorter local hikes to avoid long drive times that put us on the trail later. Safety is our priority. Hikers pictured here in…
Ruth Bindler In addition to about 10 hikes weekly, the PebbleCreek Hikers plan some interesting special outings. One of these events occurred recently to mark International Women’s Day. Jo Clipperton offered her home for the women hiking club members to celebrate the global celebration of women’s social, economic, cultural, and political achievements, as well as…
Ruth Bindler Imagine a Saturday morning walk with sightings of snowy and great egrets, green herons, white pelicans, great blue herons, and even a bald eagle. It does not sound like Goodyear, Arizona. But Tres Rios (referring to the joining of three rivers—Salt, Gila, and Agua Fría) Wetlands Environmental Restoration project near 91st Avenue in…
Ruth Bindler The PebbleCreek Hiking Club has offered about 12 hikes/week at four levels of hikes with various distances, elevations, and speed. More recently a fifth level has been added. The EZ hikes of about 3 miles were designed to provide hikers with recent surgery or illness a chance to recover during shorter hikes. They…
PC Hikers Waiting at The Bus Stop Mary Hill The Bus Stop is one of the points of interest on this South Mountain Park hike. Others are Fat Man’s Pass, a very narrow passage on the trail, The Slide, and several 360-degree viewing points of Phoenix. It is a little different than most of our…
Lynn Warren During the heat of valley summers, hikes tend to be shorter and in nearby areas but with cooler fall temperatures, the PC Hiking Club ventures out to other valley parks. This hike at Lake Pleasant offered panoramic, scenic views of the lake and surrounding mountains. The club hikes all around the valley and…
Hikers Enjoy Flagstaff Trails Lynn Warren To take a break from the hot, humid conditions of the valley’s monsoon summer, eight hikers headed north to the cooler climes of Flagstaff to enjoy several days of hiking. The first day’s hike, Bearjaw-Abineau loop, was only 8 miles with 2,000 feet of elevation gain, which on the…
Hikers Visit White Tanks Waterfall Lynn Warren “B” hikers normally choose longer, more challenging hikes but on July 30, in deference to summer conditions, chose to conduct an easy, flat 7-mile hike from the White Tanks library to the popular Waterfall. Of course, unless you go immediately after rain, the waterfall is dry, as it…
“B” Hikers Enjoy a “Peakless” Loop Lynn Warren On April 14, six “B” hikers enjoyed a scenic 10-mile loop hike in Buckeye’s Skyline Park, just north of I-10 at the end of Watson Road. Conditions were somewhat overcast which was more comfortable for hiking since the hike, although a peakless perimeter hike, required a lot…