PC Hiker sets new record Lynn Warren Pete Williams, much like the Energizer Bunny, just keeps on hiking. On July 7, he reached and passed 7,000 miles, the first and only member of the hiking club to ever achieve this impressive total. On his previous hike in Sedona, Pete came within 0.1 mile but held…
Lynn Warren On May 23, five PebbleCreek B hikers decided to check out a couple of new segments on the PCT—no, not the Pacific Crest Trail but a little closer to home on the Prescott Circle Trail. Since the hike began at around 6,000 feet elevation, and it was a little before the really hot…
Lynn Warren When Creekers hear Saddle Mountain, many associate this with the Saddle Mountain Brewery located just south of PebbleCreek. When PC hikers hear Saddle Mountain, they picture the brewery’s namesake, the odd-shaped mountain visible south of I-10 at Tonopah which looks as though a monster may have taken a giant bite out of the…
Lynn Warren On April 29, ten PebbleCreek hikers enjoyed an easy but very rewarding nine-mile hike on the relatively flat terrain of the Granite Mountain loop trail in Scottsdale’s McDowell Sonoran Preserve. The trail offers an excellent opportunity to see outstanding specimens of large, healthy saguaros and, by walking just a short distance off the…
Lynn Warren In 1922, Dennis and Carl Deem established a homestead near the hills which comprise the park which today is known as Deem Hills Park, north of Loop 101 and west of I-17. On April 20, eleven PebbleCreek hikers enjoyed an interesting eight-mile hike on several trails within this nearby park. There are numerous…
Lynn Warren The hiking club has experienced impressive participation for the current season, which ends May 6, and finished with a flourish. For a couple of weeks during the month of March the club experienced its own March Madness since it seemed like every other hike had a new hiker celebrating an important milestone. A…
Lynn Warren The Black Canyon Trail (BCT) is a 62-mile desert multi-use trail parallel to I-17 that stretches from the Carefree Highway up to the Prescott National Forest, skirting the base of the Bradshaw Mountains. On a very spring-like February 10, a large group of “C” hikers hiked the BCT from Bumble Bee to the…
Lynn Warren What a difference a few days make. On February 1, sixteen PC hikers traveled a short distance on Estrella Parkway to the area adjacent to Estrella Mountain Ranch known as FINS (Fantasy Island North Single-track), a network of trails shared by bikers and hikers. As you can tell from the picture, weather influenced…
PC Hikers hit the beach Lynn Warren What better way to end summer exploratory hiking than to head for the beach. On September 17, five PebbleCreek hikers finished a hot nine mile hike through the Morgan City Wash area by taking a break on the rocky shore of Lake Pleasant. While not exactly the ocean,…
Lynn Warren On September 14, six PebbleCreek hikers braved late summer heat on a nine mile hike to find an arch in the Big Horn Wilderness northwest of Tonopah, just a few miles north of the busy rest area you may have seen on I-10 near exit 81. The hike consisted of a combination of…