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…
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,…
Karen Gray Eight hikers, watching a very cloudy sky, left the MountainView parking lot headed for Catalina State Park on December 29. We were all a bit worried about the rain coming in earlier than predicted. As the morning went on, the sky was still overcast but not threatening. The air temperature and the light…
Participants in the Wasson Peak hike on Tuesday, January 17 were Dave Corrigan, Ray Peale, Kathryn Madore, Larry Allen, Rick Hagen, Fred Norris, Seth Basker, Dave Streicher, Jeff Traft, Wendy Butler Burns, Steve Aiken, Tom Gieger and Clare Collins.
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…
Aaron Schoenberg Chiricahua National Monument is a land of Standing up Rocks, pinnacles also known as hoodoos. This is an amazing place with the most unusual rock formations. We visited Balanced Rock, Duck on a Rock, Punch and Judy and Kissing Rock. These incredible rock formations were all on a circular hiking trail called the…
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…
Dave Sorenson In December a group of six SaddleBrooke hikers braved a cold morning and drove 50 plus miles to the Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness north of Mammoth. Aravaipa is a protected wild area administered by the Bureau of Land Management. It is a remarkably beautiful area that is considered by many to be the prettiest…
Randy Park If you are new to hiking in Arizona or have not hiked recently, you may want to learn about hiking in the Sonoran Desert from experienced SaddleBrooke Hiking Club guides. If so, you are invited to attend a hiking orientation presentation at 3:30 p.m. on February 2 in the MountainView West Ballroom. Among…
Elisabeth Wheeler Fall foliage in Sabino Canyon and Bear Canyon has continued vibrant into December. To see both canyons requires a 17.5 mile hike up Sabino Canyon to the East Fork Trail, upward to the Bear Canyon Trail and back past Seven Falls to Sabino Canyon. In cool December temperatures this is a very pleasant…