Hikers Celebrate an Important Milestone Kris Raczkiewicz Healthy competition and friendly rivalry are part of most sporting activities, and hiking is no exception. In 2016, new retirees Wayne Wills and Dennis Zigmunt joined the hiking club. The pair spent their first year in the club vying for the title Rookie of the Year, a crown…
“B” Hikers Enjoy a Familiar White Tanks Loop Lynn Warren Goodyear and PebbleCreek received some welcomed rain on July 25, but on the next morning, nine “B” hikers completed a 10-mile, 1400 ft. loop on the scenic Ford Canyon and Willow Springs trails in the White Tanks. Although the hikers were expecting the trails to…
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,…
Backpacking on the Arizona Trail Lynn Warren Many Hiking Club members no longer want to sleep on the ground, even on a comfortable air mattress. However, there are still a few who engage in backpacking adventures a few times a year, and on May 26, four backpackers began a four-day, 66-mile adventure covering several passages…
Lynn Warren After 15 years of hiking with the club, on May 12, Pete Williams led a large group of hikers on his 1,600th hike, a record for the club. Marilyn Reynolds, club president, provided an appropriate cape, crown, and pedestal for Pete and engaged in a little good-natured roasting before congratulating Pete and thanking…
Stephen Nathan PebbleCreek resident, Dave Kiesling, completed a hiking milestone on April 11. He hiked a cumulative 9,000 miles on that date since Jan. 1, 2016. Dave has hiked alone because he prefers solitude. He likes to take pictures and hikes at his own pace. He has hiked national parks, national monuments, state parks, county…
Hikers Explore Southern Utah Lynn Warren A small group of “B” hikers drove to Kanab, Utah on April 4 and used this town as a base for three days of beautiful but challenging hikes around the area, from Zion to the west to Wahweap to the east. The objective of the trip was to pre-hike several areas…
Hikers Enjoy Views on Picacho Peak Summit Lynn Warren If you have driven I-10 to Tucson, you probably noticed an imposing peak on the west side of the interstate about 45 miles north of Tucson at the exit for Picacho Peak State Park, site of the westernmost battle of the Civil War. The sheer rock…
Lynn Warren Because of COVID restrictions, club hiking groups are limited to no more than 12 hikers and meet and depart from separate PebbleCreek areas. On Jan. 29, a cool, partly cloudy morning, the B hiking group and the C group unexpectedly met on the exposed rock ledges above Willow Springs in the White Tanks.…
Mary Hill A group of PebbleCreek Hikers took a break at “the bus stop,” as it is known, on their way to Fat Man’s Pass. It is an annual favorite hike, especially after the holidays, to make sure we can all still fit through the pass. This is considered a C hike, with a distance of…