Ken Wong The SaddleBrooke Hiking Club held a volunteer party on the evening of January 28 at the SaddleBrooke One Activity Center with thirty-nine members in attendance. Planned and organized by the club board of directors, the celebration recognized the commitment and dedication of fifty-six volunteers serving in seventy capacities within the club. Several members…
Fun fact: There are 193 mountain ranges in Arizona. It may be hard to believe, but that number was not known until the late 1980s when geologist and mountaineer Doug Kasian of Tucson compiled a list of these ranges. He also identified the highest summit in each of them. After that effort, he set out…
Ellen Citron Mark your calendar for Wednesday, March 20 to learn about “Hiking in Norway’s Fjordland.” Laurel Parrott, a local photographer and hiker, will share her July 2018 experience participating in a nine-day Sierra Club Outing from Bergen to Oslo that explored this hiker’s paradise. The presentation will concentrate mostly on five hikes in Balestrand…
Karen Gray November 29 was a beautiful morning for a hike. Ten SaddleBrooke hikers went to Catalina State Park to hike the Dripping Springs trail off of the Sutherland trail. Water was still running at the second and third crossings of the Sutherland wash. There were still flowers out, both of which were the gift…
A generous donation by the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club enabled over 100 children from Faith Mather Sossaman Elementary School in Queen Creek to participate in the Environmental Education Program of Oracle State Park. Volunteer naturalists guided small groups of students on trails, teaching them to use their five senses. Each group had a scent canister from…
Walt Shields Since 2007 the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club has participated in a biannual cleanup of Catalina Hills Drive from SaddleBrooke Blvd to its entrance into the Preserve as part of the Adopt-A-Highway program of Pinal County. On November 28, nine members of the club spent time on a treasure hunt along the highway. In addition…
Norm Rechkemmer Annually at the fall picnic the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club honors one or more individuals who have made a significant contribution to the club during the past year. This year the SBHC board of directors has chosen Susan Hollis and Randy Park. Randy and Susan have kept the club hiking statistics for several years…
It’s fun to begin a work session on the Arizona Trail with a 4×4 ride down Kannally Wash in Oracle State Park. Sixteen volunteers were transported to the work site in off-road vehicles driven by Steve Meyers, Joe Maurizzi, Barry Larson, Gary Faulkenberry and Zach MacDonald. Even though the temperatures were cold on the 14th…
Presentation of a thank you letter from the Arizona Trail Association to Norm Rechkemmer, president of the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club, for the club’s donation of $1000 to the Seeds of Stewardship program. The Seeds of Stewardship program takes students into outdoor settings to provide environmental education and stewardship learning.
Lou Powers On November 2, Phil McNamee arranged for 42 members and guests of the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club to travel 1300 miles round trip by tour bus to visit the majestic 25,000 sq. mile Copper Canyons Park area of Mexico. Stops along the way included Hermosillo with a stroll around the Plaza Zaragoza with its…