PC hikers reach milestone on a chilly day Lynn Warren Jim Gillespie has enjoyed hiking for most of his life and began 2019 by passing a significant milestone when he reached 3,000 career miles by leading a “C” hike in Black Canyon near Black Canyon City. Usually the “C” rates a hike according to distance…
Lynn Warren The Hiking Club conducts several overnight trips during the season and in November, 20 hikers and seven non-hikers enjoyed four busy days in Palm Springs hiking, sightseeing and even people-watching at the weekly Thursday night Village Fest. Fall weather was great and the hikers were able to hike in several interesting areas, including…
Hikers enjoy Red Rock Country Lynn Warren On a cool early fall day, nine PC hikers enjoyed a seven-mile loop hike on a combination of trails in Sedona. After reaching Chicken Point, a popular stop for hikers and jeep tours, four hikers went a little higher to get a close-up view of the “White Line,”…
Pete Williams On September 25, ten prospective hikers joined four members of the PebbleCreek Hiking Club for a four-mile introductory hike in nearby Verrado. The club invites all PebbleCreekers to check out the Hiking Club. We hike all over the valley and as far away as Prescott and Sedona. Hikes are scheduled six days a…
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…
Lynn Warren Congratulations to Clare! On July 2, five PC hikers carried chilled champagne and orange juice on an exploratory hike through saguaros from the new Pima Trailhead in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve. Early in the hike, before it got too hot, the hikers paused along the Axle Grease Trail to toast a rare accomplishment.…
Pete Williams On June 5, Dave Schuldt, a member of the PebbleCreek Hiking Club since January 2017, reached 1,000 career miles with the club, taking only 17 months to do so. Dave is a real hiking machine, having completed over 170 hikes during this timeframe. The club does an abbreviated schedule of hikes during the…
Lynn Warren Pictured here are silhouettes of PC hikers enjoying riding the Wave—no, not “The Wave” which is a coveted hike destination just south of Kanab, UT, but rather an impressive rock formation inside the Wave Cave at the south end of the Superstitions, just west of the Peralta Trailhead. On Memorial Day, seven hikers…
Pete Williams On May 4, twelve members of the PebbleCreek Hiking Club did a hike near Piestewa Peak. This route went through a large quartz field. There were several very large (as evidenced by the boulder behind us) quartz boulders. The park actually has several veins of quartz running through it, making it one of…
Pete Williams The PebbleCreek Hiking Club did two sunset hikes on March 11 in nearby Skyline Regional Park. 20 members of the club got together to do late afternoon hikes at two levels (4 miles and 5.7 miles) and then enjoyed light snacks as they watched the sunset. It was a very interesting hike as…