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…
Lynn Warren On July 30, just another triple digit day, seven PC hikers ventured cross town to the Hackamore Trailhead and completed a scenic nine mile meander through some very interesting terrain in the Goldfield Mountains (including seeing a mountain sheep). The Goldfields are part of Tonto National Forest and are a rugged and colorful…
Pete Williams Twelve members of the PebbleCreek Hiking Club hiked the long loop of the Estrella Mountain Regional Park’s Competitive Track on February 4. It was a great day for a hike. We have hikes for almost everyone ranging from four miles to 12 plus miles. Our season runs mid-September (when it starts cooling off),…
Pete Williams The PebbleCreek Hiking Club did a hike in the new northern section of the Phoenix Sonoran Preserve on January 14. The 17 members present that day included Kay Thomas, Nadine Eder, David Geurden, Grant Sharp, Dana Thomas, Charlene Elijew, John Placko, Ruth Bindler, Atsuko Arner, Clare Bangs, Linda Bradshaw, Ann Rohlman, Diana Bedwell,…
Lynn Warren On a mostly sunny January 23, 70 PebbleCreek Hiking Club members and guests enjoyed a unique winter picnic in nearby White Tanks Regional Park. Normally a fire truck carries water to put out fires but, for the picnic, the Fire Up Freedom Fire Truck was equipped with flaming grills to cook up brats,…