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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Lynn Warren The Black Canyon Trail (BCT) is a 62-mile desert multi-use trail parallel to I-17 that stretches from the Carefree Highway up to the Prescott National Forest, skirting the base of the Bradshaw Mountains. On a very spring-like February 10, a large group of “C” hikers hiked the BCT from Bumble Bee to the…
Lynn Warren What a difference a few days make. On February 1, sixteen PC hikers traveled a short distance on Estrella Parkway to the area adjacent to Estrella Mountain Ranch known as FINS (Fantasy Island North Single-track), a network of trails shared by bikers and hikers. As you can tell from the picture, weather influenced…
Lynn Warren No, not the Golden Arches, but an interesting double stone arch accessed by a scenic hike off the Ben Avery Trail in the Eagletail Mountains (the impressive range visible from I-10). On December 4, ten B hikers headed west to exit 81 and then down the Harquahala Valley before turning west toward Courthouse…
Lynn Warren On September 14, six PebbleCreek hikers braved late summer heat on a nine mile hike to find an arch in the Big Horn Wilderness northwest of Tonopah, just a few miles north of the busy rest area you may have seen on I-10 near exit 81. The hike consisted of a combination of…
Lynn Warren On September 7, four PebbleCreek hikers continued to challenge the Arizona heat with a hike along slick rock and colorful rock formations in Black Canyon Wash at Bumble Bee. The club continued its record setting pace on this hike when Pete Williams passed 1,000 miles, only the fourth member to log this many…