PC Hiker reaches milestone Lynn Warren Just before the end of the regular hiking season, Jan Sherwood celebrated 1,000 career miles on a hike to Submarine Rock in Sedona on April 28. This is an impressive recovery from 2012 when Jan, an experienced hiker, had the misfortune of hooking a root and breaking a leg…
Pete Williams Forty-one hikers from the PebbleCreek Hiking Club took a trip to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon March 27 through 30. This group of 15 hikers did the Hermits Rest Trail on the first day of the trip. Pictured left to right are Linda Vaughn, Glenn Doering, Pete Williams, Diane Doering, Alex…
Lynn Warren Frequently, the hikers on a Friday B hike can travel in a single car, but on February 2, nine hikers turned out and headed north to Spur Cross Ranch just north of Cave Creek and part of the Maricopa County Parks system. The morning began with a spectacular sunrise and the hikers enjoyed…
Pete Williams Eighteen hikers from the PebbleCreek Hiking Club did a loop hike in nearby Estrella Mountain Regional Park on February 9. It was a great day to enjoy the outdoors and the hikers saw the beginning of spring as wildflowers were starting to bloom. Hikers that day included: Patti Schuldt, Dave Schuldt, Jean Mignone,…
Lynn Warren Apache Wash Trailhead is part of the northern section of the Phoenix Sonoran Preserve, just south of Cave Creek between Carefree Highway and Dove Valley Road. Although close to developed areas, the preserve offers a variety of scenic trails with names like Sidewinder, Ocotillo, Apache Vista, etc., which provide plenty of challenge; on…
Spur Cross Ranch The Dragonfly Trail Pete Williams Nine members of the PebbleCreek Hiking Club did a hike on December 6 in the Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area. The Dragonfly Trail they did goes through a riparian area known for its numerous bird species. The hikers also hiked along the Metate Trail which has many…
Lynn Warren Many Creekers have visited the Grand Canyon but most have probably limited themselves to the convenient South Rim which is crowded with over five million visitors each year. The North Rim gets just a tenth of that number and on October 6, four PC Hikers traveled approximately 320 miles north to Jacob Lake…
2000 miles and counting Pete Williams The four PebbleCreek Hiking Club rookie hikers shown here have a combined 2000 plus miles on the trails during their first year as club members. Pictured (left to right) are Mark Frumkin, Wayne Wills, Joe Clarkson and Dennis Zigmunt. Jim Gillespie took the photograph. These five hikers enjoyed an…
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…