Bruce Hale The SaddleBrooke Hiking Club will present a new program on March 15, which may become a fixture on the schedule for years to come. For the first My Favorite Hike program, several members will present a series of short accounts of their great trail experiences. The goal is not only to share these…
Karen Gray Throughout the year, the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club sponsors hundreds of hikes to various areas in Arizona. The final hike for 2022 was the Ridge/50-year Loop Trail. This trail affords a view of the Tucson Basin and surrounding mountains. On Dec. 31 six members of the hiking club drove to the Equestrian Center in…
Lynda Green A few days before a scheduled hike to Brown Mountain, down in the Tucson Mountain range, SaddleBrooke hiking guide Kathryn Madore checked the weather forecast for Jan. 23. Leery of the warnings, she decided to alert her hiking group that rain might cancel their venture. As the hours progressed, the prospects for a…
Bruce Landeck As president of the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club, with more than 650 members, I am happy to announce that Robert Stieve, editor of Arizona Highways since April 2007, will be the featured speaker at our February Hiking Club program on Thursday, Feb. 16. Stieve’s topic will be “Arizona Highways and Hiking the Grand Canyon State.” Arizona…
Diana Smith Like so many of us, Randy Park and Susan Hollis had been searching for just the right retirement community when they found SaddleBrooke in 2007. While they live in SB full time, they continue to do a lot of traveling, primarily in the summer months, recently completing a bike and barge trip in…
Elisabeth Wheeler The SaddleBrooke Hiking Club’s fall picnic is an optimal opportunity to connect with our hiking friends who have been gone during the summer months. Eleven of us also enjoyed the camaraderie of hiking the Ridgeline to 50 Year Trail loop before the picnic. The temperatures were cool, the views of the Tortolitas and…
Jim Solon Beautiful Catalina State Park, which sits at the base of the Santa Catalina Mountains, is a rich part of our neighboring landscape and a state park since 1982. Home to more than 150 species and nearly 5,000 saguaros and desert plants, it offers expansive opportunities to hike and enjoy its rich and historic…
Tim Butler, Trip Leader In late September this year, the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club (SBHC) held its fall trip. The destination was spectacular Bryce Canyon National Park and the surrounding area. Fifty-five SBHC members and their guests met in Bryce Canyon City for three days of spectacular hiking in Bryce Canyon National Park, as well as nearby…
Diana Smith Walt Shields moved to Tucson when he was six years old and describes it as a “fantastic” place to grow up. As a Boy Scout and All-American high school swimmer, he spent countless hours exploring the desert. Walt’s fond memories of growing up in the Old Pueblo were the catalyst behind the Historic Downtown Tucson…
Jeff Love Eight members of the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club hiked in the cool shade and along flowing streams of Madera Canyon on a beautiful September day. Our destination was Roger’s Rock above the Fern Canyon trail. Taking our break on top of this outcrop allowed scenic views of the Green Valley area to the northwest.…