Susan Bush Residents of SaddleBrooke are invited to come to the Hiking Club May meeting where an EMT member of the Golder Ranch Fire Department will speak about using common sense and prior planning to avoid injury or illness while hiking in Arizona and how rescues are conducted. The meeting will be held at…
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Clubs & Classes, August 2017
Thank you, Mary Croft, for your service on the Arizona National Scenic Trail
Elisabeth Wheeler When the Oracle Passage of the Arizona National Scenic Trail was offered to the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club to be Stewards, Mary Croft stepped forward to be a Co-Steward. Mary has done volunteer work on the Arizona Trail for many years. She has been co-steward of the Oracle Passage for the past three years.…
Clubs & Classes, July 2017
Hiking the Arizona Trail: Huachuca Mountains
Frank Earnest Members of the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club initiated a new effort to hike the Arizona Trail (AZT) beginning in January 2017. The Arizona Trail is an 840-mile National Scenic Trail starting at the border with Mexico and ending at the Utah border. Two groups of SBHC members completed the AZT in years past. The…
Front Page, June 2017
Spring Hiking Club trip to Page, Arizona
Dave Corrigan April 18 through 20 the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club enjoyed a fabulous trip to Page, Arizona. Page is located near the beautiful shores of Lake Powell and was created when the Glen Canyon Dam was constructed on the Colorado River. The area offers some of the finest hiking in the Southwest. The club had…
Clubs & Classes, March 2017
SaddleBrooke Hikers begin the Arizona Trail
Frank Earnest The SaddleBrooke Hiking Club has formed a group of members who are interested in hiking the Arizona National Scenic Trail (AZT). The AZT is 840 miles that extends from the Mexican border near Sierra Vista to the Utah border just west of the Paria Canyon/Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness. The trail traverses all of the…
Clubs & Classes, February 2017
Hiking in a Saguaro Forest
Elisabeth Wheeler A premier place to enjoy the beauty of a saguaro forest is Sweetwater Preserve, an 800 acre preserve located in the eastern foothills of the Tucson Mountains. An hour’s drive from SaddleBrooke, the preserve provides about 13 miles of trail, arranged in loops. SaddleBrooke hikers explored over seven miles of trail that featured…
Clubs & Classes, February 2017
Straddling the Equator and the Land of Khan
Ed Melnick The SaddleBrooke Hiking Club’s March 15 presentation takes on an international flair when Ed Melnick shares his photographs captured while traveling to Uganda and Mongolia. Ed traveled with his wife, Judie Shyman, and friends Darlene and Lockwood Carlson to both countries and all are excited about sharing these experiences. The Ugandan show entitled,…
Front Page, February 2017
SaddleBrooke volunteers work the Arizona Trail
Elisabeth Wheeler The Arizona National Scenic Trail from Mexico to Utah is a continual work in progress. The SaddleBrooke Hiking Club has adopted the Oracle Passage which goes along the east side of Oracle State Park. In January 27 hikers from SaddleBrooke improved a significant portion of the trail. Gary Faulkenberry of Oracle State Park…
Clubs & Classes, January 2017
SaddleBrooke Hiking Club’s February meeting features hiking in Patagonia and England
Larry Linderman Two of the classic hikes on most international “Best Of” lists usually include the W trail in Patagonia and the Coast to Coast Trail in England. Last winter Larry Linderman and Jackie Hall traveled to southern Chile to hike the W, a five-day, 40-mile hike in the rugged Andes Mountain chain in southern…
Clubs & Classes, December 2016
Halloween hike
Barbara Wilder SaddleBrooke hikers enjoyed the first annual Halloween fun hike on the afternoon of October 31 at Catalina State Park. Everyone wore a silly hat and told jokes along the way, earning their treat which was a Hallow-weenie roast complete with potato salad, baked beans and desserts at the Gila Monster picnic site. This…