Lynn Warren Marilyn Reynolds has been hiking with the club since 2008 and it took almost eight years to get her first 1,000 miles since she was a snowbird; upon becoming a full-timer, her pace accelerated and she reached the second thousand in 2017 and on January 31, 2019, she reached 3,000 career miles and…
Pete Williams Twelve hikers from the PebbleCreek Hiking Club did an adventurous hike around Twin Peaks and up to Dana’s Arch in Wickenburg on January 30. This loop hike goes over a saddle, across open desert, along a sandy wash, up a narrow canyon and finally a bushwhack up to an interesting arch. The club…
PC hikers reach milestone on a chilly day Lynn Warren Jim Gillespie has enjoyed hiking for most of his life and began 2019 by passing a significant milestone when he reached 3,000 career miles by leading a “C” hike in Black Canyon near Black Canyon City. Usually the “C” rates a hike according to distance…
Lynn Warren For a post-Thanksgiving adventure, four “B” hikers embarked on an interesting hike in Garfias Wash in the Hell’s Canyon Wilderness area roughly halfway between Morristown and the historic Castle Hot Springs Resort (due to re-open in January after 40+ years). The group was able to go several miles in the wash through some…
Pete Williams On November 13, Doug Jamiolkowski of the PebbleCreek Hiking Club reached 4,000 miles hiked. He has been with the club since the 2004-2005 season and was the one who initiated the tracking of hike miles by each member of the club. Doug is only the fifth hiker to reach the 4,000-mile mark with…
Lynn Warren The Hiking Club conducts several overnight trips during the season and in November, 20 hikers and seven non-hikers enjoyed four busy days in Palm Springs hiking, sightseeing and even people-watching at the weekly Thursday night Village Fest. Fall weather was great and the hikers were able to hike in several interesting areas, including…
PebbleCreek resident Dave Kiesling completed a hiking milestone on October 25. He hiked 5,000 miles on that date since January 1, 2016. Dave has hiked alone because he prefers solitude. He likes to take pictures and hike at his own pace. He has hiked national parks, national monuments, state parks, county parks and city parks.…
Hikers enjoy Red Rock Country Lynn Warren On a cool early fall day, nine PC hikers enjoyed a seven-mile loop hike on a combination of trails in Sedona. After reaching Chicken Point, a popular stop for hikers and jeep tours, four hikers went a little higher to get a close-up view of the “White Line,”…
Pete Williams On September 25, ten prospective hikers joined four members of the PebbleCreek Hiking Club for a four-mile introductory hike in nearby Verrado. The club invites all PebbleCreekers to check out the Hiking Club. We hike all over the valley and as far away as Prescott and Sedona. Hikes are scheduled six days a…
Backpacking in the Grand Canyon Lynn Warren For the past several years, several members of the hiking club have challenged the August heat in what has become an annual backpacking foray in the Grand Canyon. Why August you might ask? Well, since it tends to be very hot, there is much less competition for campsite…