Tag: hiking

Hikers enjoy an unusually warm January day

Pete Williams On January 31, ten hikers from the PebbleCreek Hiking Club took advantage of the great weather to do a hike on the Pass Mountain Trail in Usery Mountain Park. Hikers that day included Lynn Warren, Kay Thomas, Wayne McKinney, Herb Hodes, Mary Hill, Dennis Zigmunt, Pete Williams, Ruth Bindler, Dana Thomas and Clare…

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Lynn Warren Daisy Mountain is one of two rounded mountains almost directly east of the Anthem Outlet Mall. Although the mountains don’t look particularly intimidating from I-17, the climb to the top is steeper and more strenuous than it appears. On January 5, six “B” hikers climbed the east peak and paused for a photo…

Happy New Year from the PebbleCreek Hiking Club

Lynn Warren The Hiking Club conducts several overnight trips during the season and set a record in November by having 57 hikers and non-hikers enjoy several days in St. George, Utah, just a short drive from Zion National Park and Snow Canyon State Park. For three days, 42 “B”, “C” and “D” hikers challenged the…

PC Hiking Club begins new season

Pete Williams The PebbleCreek Hiking Club started its new hiking season on September 25 by hiking to and past the bridge that crosses a corner of Lake Pleasant. The bridge in the background is high and dry because the lake is low at this time of year (about 55% of capacity). They fill the lake…

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On October 4, six members of the PebbleCreek Hiking Club did the Watson Lake Loop trail in Prescott. We had beautiful weather in the 70s for this outstanding hike in Prescott’s Granite Dells. Hiking that day were (left to right) Pete Williams, Marilyn Reynolds, Clare Bangs, Dennis Zigmunt, Mary Hill (hike leader), and Lynn Warren…

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Pete Williams Eight members of the PebbleCreek Hiking Club did a hike in nearby Skyline Regional Park on September 5. Members hiking that day included (left to right): Joe Clarkson (hike leader), Linda Vaughn, Dave Schuldt, Dennis Zigmunt, Wayne McKinney, Roger Sanders, Lynn Warren (photographer) and Pete Williams. A small number of club members can…

Backpacking in the Grand Canyon

Lynn Warren August is not the first choice for backpacking in the Grand Canyon since temperatures at the bottom are comparable to Phoenix, but reservations for campsites are much easier to obtain. On August 23, four hikers left PebbleCreek in early afternoon and four hours later were setting up tents at Mather Campground on the…

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Left to right: Dana Thomas, Lynn Warren (photographer), Mark Frumkin, Pete Williams, Marilyn Reynolds and Clare Bangs along the Maricopa Trail under threatening skies with Red Mountain in the background.

PC Hikers explore a Maricopa Trail Segment Lynn Warren The hiking club’s regular season runs from September through April but a small number of hikers challenge the summer heat to enjoy summer hiking and to find new trails for the next season. On July 20, six hikers left Eagle’s Nest at 5:30 a.m. to beat…

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Left to right: Clare Bangs, Roger Sanders, Marilyn Reynolds, Wayne Wills, Pete Williams (photographer), Susan Rudoy and Mark Frumkin pause for a short celebration in Woods Canyon in Sedona.

PC Hiker sets another record Lynn Warren Another year, another 1,000 miles! It was just a short year ago that Pete Williams set a club record of 7,000 career miles and this year, on June 5, on a hike in Woods Canyon in Sedona, he enjoyed a champagne toast with fellow hikers to celebrate adding…

Hikers explore the Agua Fria

Left to right: Lynn Warren (photographer), Mark Frumkin, Clare Bangs, Pete Williams, Dennis Zigmunt and Susan Rudoy pause after lunch on giant boulders in the Agua Fria riverbed.

Lynn Warren Summer exploratory hiking activity got off to a great start after a record regular season ended and on May 25 six hikers headed north on I-17 to the Badger Springs exit to conduct a somewhat challenging and adventurous eight mile hike along and in the Agua Fria riverbed in the 88,000 acre Agua…