Lynn Warren August is not the first choice for backpacking in the Grand Canyon since temperatures at the bottom are comparable to Phoenix, but reservations for campsites are much easier to obtain. On August 23, four hikers left PebbleCreek in early afternoon and four hours later were setting up tents at Mather Campground on the…
Tag: PC Hiking Club
Clubs & Classes, September 2017
PC Hiking Club Diary
PC Hikers explore a Maricopa Trail Segment Lynn Warren The hiking club’s regular season runs from September through April but a small number of hikers challenge the summer heat to enjoy summer hiking and to find new trails for the next season. On July 20, six hikers left Eagle’s Nest at 5:30 a.m. to beat…
Clubs & Classes, July 2017
Hikers explore the Agua Fria
Lynn Warren Summer exploratory hiking activity got off to a great start after a record regular season ended and on May 25 six hikers headed north on I-17 to the Badger Springs exit to conduct a somewhat challenging and adventurous eight mile hike along and in the Agua Fria riverbed in the 88,000 acre Agua…
Sports, March 2017
PC Hiking Club Diary
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,…
Sports, January 2017
Another great day to hike
Pete Williams On November 17, 17 members of the PebbleCreek Hiking Club enjoyed another great day in paradise by hiking a loop hike in the Deem Hills Recreation Area. Hiking that day were (left to right): Tom Wellman, Marcella Hill, Bob Lenertz, Kathy Sabocinski, Stan Rubinstein, Wayne McKinney, Phil Sabocinski, Art Solorio, Helen Lewandowski, Jeanette…
Clubs & Classes, December 2016
PC Hiking Club Diary
PebbleCreek Hiker reaches rare milestone Pete Williams On October 27, on a hike in the Superstition Mountains, Lynn Warren became only the third hiker in club history to reach the 5,000 mile level. Lynn has been a member since May 2011. And he is the fastest to reach this milestone – taking only five and…
Clubs & Classes, October 2016
New Hiking Club records set
Pete Williams For the first time in club history there were three hikers who hiked over 1,000 miles in the same season. Curiously, the only three hikers on this hike were the three who accomplished the feat – pictured (left to right) are Clare Bangs, Lynn Warren (photographer) and Pete Williams. Pete was the third…
Clubs & Classes, July 2016
PebbleCreek Hikers Circle Saddle Mountain
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…
Clubs & Classes, June 2016
Hikers impressed by rare crested saguaro
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…
Clubs & Classes, May 2016
PebbleCreek Hikers celebrate milestones
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…