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…
Lynn Warren How do hikers escape triple-digit temperatures in the valley? Well, one popular way is to head for higher elevation, so on August 9, seven hikers headed for West Clear Creek, a few miles southeast of Camp Verde. Although the hike was ten miles RT through scenic terrain, it was a relatively easy hike…
Backpacking on the Arizona Trail Lynn Warren Arizona Trail (AZT) is part of a system of trails designated by Congress as “National Scenic Trails” and is approximately 800 miles long, running the length of Arizona from the border with Mexico to the Arizona-Utah border at Stateline Campground, and is divided into 43 “passages,” averaging 18-miles…
Lynn Warren Congratulations to Clare! On July 2, five PC hikers carried chilled champagne and orange juice on an exploratory hike through saguaros from the new Pima Trailhead in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve. Early in the hike, before it got too hot, the hikers paused along the Axle Grease Trail to toast a rare accomplishment.…
Pete Williams On June 5, Dave Schuldt, a member of the PebbleCreek Hiking Club since January 2017, reached 1,000 career miles with the club, taking only 17 months to do so. Dave is a real hiking machine, having completed over 170 hikes during this timeframe. The club does an abbreviated schedule of hikes during the…
Lynn Warren Pictured here are silhouettes of PC hikers enjoying riding the Wave—no, not “The Wave” which is a coveted hike destination just south of Kanab, UT, but rather an impressive rock formation inside the Wave Cave at the south end of the Superstitions, just west of the Peralta Trailhead. On Memorial Day, seven hikers…
9,000 miles Lynn Warren Pete does it again! Last year he set a club record of 8,000 miles and this year, on May 24, maybe a couple of weeks ahead of schedule, Pete raised the bar and set another club record by reaching 9,000 career miles on an interesting nine-mile loop hike which required crossing…
Pete Williams On May 4, twelve members of the PebbleCreek Hiking Club did a hike near Piestewa Peak. This route went through a large quartz field. There were several very large (as evidenced by the boulder behind us) quartz boulders. The park actually has several veins of quartz running through it, making it one of…
Pete Williams The PebbleCreek Hiking Club did two sunset hikes on March 11 in nearby Skyline Regional Park. 20 members of the club got together to do late afternoon hikes at two levels (4 miles and 5.7 miles) and then enjoyed light snacks as they watched the sunset. It was a very interesting hike as…