Walt Shields Named after the well-known Tucson desert expert who for many years has hosted the popular PBS series The Desert Speaks, the David Yetman Trail is a 6.5-mile, one-way hike in the Tucson Mountain Park just west of the city. It is characterized by a diversity of Sonoran Desert plants and rugged mountain vistas.…
Ruth Caldwell The last week of October offered a beautiful, crisp sunny day for seven SaddleBrooke hikers to head up Mount Lemmon to enjoy the Bear Wallow and Sunset Trails amongst stunning fall colors. Leaves of red, orange, and yellow, with the dark green of the pines, displayed a full fall palette. If colors and…
AZT in a Day was a special event to celebrate the 800+ mile Arizona National Scenic Trail. For the first time in United States’ history a national scenic trail was hiked, biked and ridden by equestrians from beginning to end in 24 hours. Members of our SaddleBrooke Hiking Club hiked the entire 8.7-mile Oracle Passage…