Hikers Challenge Summer Heat Lynn Warren What do “B” hikers do on a hot, humid morning when the forecast high is 113 degrees? Well, on Aug. 3, they challenged the heat and their bodies by doing a 10-mile round trip hike from the Verrado golf course to the top of Caterpillar Hill. From PC, you can…
Hiker Surpasses 10,000 Miles Hiked Pete Williams Lynn Warren, a member of the PebbleCreek Hiking Club, surpassed 10,000 miles on May 27, 2020. Since joining the club in May 2011, he has averaged over 1,000 miles a year. In the 16 years the club has been tracking member miles, Lynn is only the second hiker…
PC Hiker Celebrates Milestone Lynn Warren Linda Schmillen has been hiking with the PebbleCreek Hiking Club since 2016 and on March 7, reached the important milestone of 1,000 miles. Before splitting into smaller groups and departing for Ford Canyon Dam, a large group of “B” and “C” hikers joined Linda in the White Tanks on…
PC Hiker Sets Another Club Record Lynn Warren The hiking club conducts hikes six days a week so many club records are being broken, but one record is unique. On Feb. 8, Pete Williams, a constant hiker since 2006, became the first and only club hiker to achieve 11,000 miles. Pete and fellow hikers celebrated…
Hikers visit Michelin Man II Lynn Warren One relatively rare type of crested saguaro is known as a jointed or segmented saguaro. On Oct 3, six PebbleCreek “B” hikers enjoyed a relatively flat 11.7-mile hike in the 136th St. section of the McDowell Sonoran Preserve. The hike consisted of a combination of trails that provided…
Hikers enjoy a Saturday hike Lynn Warren Start your weekend with a hike and be home early! The club has been offering relatively easy, relatively short close-in hikes on Saturday mornings for the last year and turnout has been impressive, even during the summer. On a clear, sunny July 20, eleven hikers enjoyed a 6.8-mile…
Trekking to Machu Picchu Lynn Warren Although the hiking club frequently hikes outside the valley, Peru is a bit outside the normal range. On June 13, five PebbleCreek hikers left from three locations with the objective of meeting in Dallas to fly to Lima and Cusco, Peru, for a four-day, three-night classic Inca trek to…
Hikers enjoy wildflowers in Skyline Park Lynn Warren Buckeye’s nearby Skyline Park has great trails which can be combined in numerous ways to meet the distance and elevation desires of hikers. On February 20, twenty PC Hikers completed a relatively easy six-mile hike and enjoyed seeing nice clusters of Mexican Poppies along the Chuckwalla Trail,…
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…