Hikers Looking for Gold? Check out the large pieces of quartz rock in this photo. Your PC Hikers searched for gold while exploring the Gloriana Segment of the 80-mile Black Canyon Trail. (This trail is part of the historic National Recreation Trail, a route used since prehistoric times by Native American Tribes. The Gloriana Trailhead…
Ruth Bindler International Women’s Day (IWD) is a global celebration of economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. It was held on March 8 this year, and members of the PebbleCreek Hiking Club gathered to acknowledge the accomplishments of women throughout history. IWD began in 1908 with a march through New York City by 15,000…
Lynn Warren The Hiking Club normally engages in serious hiking but recognizes that another important aspect of the club is social, so staged a hiking version of Octoberfest with a local 7-mile loop around the neighborhood on Oct. 2. The hike started at PebbleCreek much later than usual and stopped at three different establishments, ending…
Hikers Enjoy Estrella Mountain Regional Park Lynn Warren The Maricopa County Park System encompasses 14 different areas, and Estrella Mountain Regional Park, a short distance south of PebbleCreek (PC), is one visited frequently by PC hikers since it is close and offers a variety of trails that can be combined to create hikes of different…
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,…
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…
Lynn Warren And how did you celebrate your 60th birthday? Kris Raczkiewicz, new to PebbleCreek and the Hiking Club since October, celebrated her 60th on a 12-mile hike with nine fellow “B” and “C” hikers on May 25. In addition to this big life event, just a few days earlier, she also reached a significant…
Lynn Warren On Dec. 5, five “B” hikers hiked/scrambled to the top of 4,000-foot Quartz Peak and demonstrated some Christmas spirit while relaxing on the brilliant white quartz outcropping at the summit. This peak is in the middle of the Sierra Estrellas, which you see when driving on I-10 since the range lies just south of…
Lynn Warren The Hiking Club normally goes on two overnight trips each season and on Nov. 12, more than 40 hikers and non-hikers headed north to Sedona for three days of red rock hiking. On the first day, Julie Walmsley along with more than 40 friends celebrated her reaching 1,000 miles with the club. On the second…
Lynn Warren Hiking in the Superstitions seldom disappoints but having to cope with I-10 commuter traffic causes the hiking club to hike these iconic mountains less frequently than a few years ago. However, on Oct. 14, six PebbleCreek “B” hikers headed east to enjoy one of their favorite hikes, an 8.5-mile hike with roughly 2,200…