Karen Gray On June 28 nine SaddleBrooke hikers left for the cool environment of Mt. Lemmon to hike the Marshall Gulch/Aspen Loop trail. We left at 7:00 a.m. with a temperature of 80 degrees and arrived at the trail head almost two hours later to a cool 71 degrees. It was a beautiful, sunny day…
Dale Leman Early on May 31, nine SaddleBrooke hikers headed to the Santa Rita mountains near Green Valley, at least in part to escape the late May heat. Our mission was to hike to the Josephine Saddle and back. The hike started at the Madera Canyon parking lot, elevation 5400 feet, and proceeded up the…
Elisabeth Wheeler and Larry Allen Dramatic viewpoints highlight the eight-mile Rim Trail from Grand Canyon Village to Hermit’s Rest. Forty SaddleBrooke hikers in four groups hiked through pinyon pine and Utah juniper along the South Rim to explore these famous views. Trail Overlook provided the best view of the precipitous Bright Angel Trail which plummets…
Susan Hollis On April 30 over ninety members of the SaddleBrooke Hiking club traveled to Grand Canyon National Park for three days of hiking. Eleven hiking guides: Larry Allen, Roy Carter, Dave Corrigan, Howie and Elaine Fagan, Susan Hollis, Randy Park, Rob Simms, Dave Sorenson, Don Taylor and Elisabeth Wheeler, helped lead a total of…
Dave Corrigan At the April 6 SaddleBrooke Hiking Club spring picnic held at Oracle State Park, the following officers were elected: Norm Reckhemmer from the Vice President position to become the new President; Phil McNamee from the Associate Chief Guide position to become the Senior Chief Guide; Don Taylor as Treasurer for the second…
Elisabeth Wheeler Twelve SaddleBrooke hikers got an early morning start to enjoy hiking the Windmill Loop in Oracle State Park before the hiking club spring picnic. The early bird hikers were rewarded with over 40 wildflowers and 58 sightings of the stunning mariposa lily. Hikers delighted in the views of the Galiuro Mountains from…
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…
Karen Gray February 22 was a very cold morning when thirteen SaddleBrooke hikers left to go to Catalina State Park for a tour around Romero Ruins with a ranger, followed by a hike around Alamo Canyon. Jack, the ranger, met us at the Ramada at Romero Ruins parking area and gave us a brief…
Elisabeth Wheeler Only in SaddleBrooke can hikers go from a wintry day with snow on the Santa Catalinas to a sunny spring day of hiking in the Tortolitas. Guide Phil McNamee led 11 hikers on the Wild Mustang/Wild Burro Canyon Loop in the Tortolitas. On the 8.4-mile hike, the group climbed 1785 feet to…
Sue Bush SaddleBrooke hikers enjoy the beautiful saguaros and wildflowers on the Alamo Canyon Trail in Catalina State Park on March 26. From left to right: Hy and Rosanne Beraznik, Ruth Leman and Sue and Phil Bush. Picture taken by hike leader Tim Butler.