Southern Arizona Hiking Club

Reasons to join the Southern Arizona Hiking Club

• Experienced Guides
• Insurance
• An average of over 100 guided hikes per month for all ability levels.  See Classifications of SAHC hikes
• We go to more places than any other hiking club in the Tucson area including 433 peaks, 95 canyons, and trails in the Chiricahaus, Superstitions, Santa Ritas, Huachucas, Catalinas, Tucson Mtns, and Tortolitas mountain ranges. More...

SAHC eBulletin Volume 55 Number 9 covering 6/22/13 - 7/19/13 is available for download by SAHC members. Please click on Download eBulletin on the right sidebar menu for access.

Featured Hike.pdf

An already "robust" population of mountain lions in the Catalina Mountains appears to be increasing - and that could pose a threat to a planned reintroduction of bighorn sheep in the range this fall.

Lions, which sometimes prey on bighorns, might hinder or even derail an effort to rebuild a herd in the Catalinas.

In response, state wildlife officials have approved a plan for what they call the "administrative removal" - or killing - of lions that kill sheep.

"This would be done in a very limited, conservative way," said Mark Hart, spokesman for the Arizona Game and Fish Department. "If we determine that a particular lion is killing sheep, and if we can find it, then it will be removed. But it would be a very tightly controlled process." More...

Six species of rattlesnakes call the Tucson area their home.  They are the Western Diamondback, Tiger, Northern Black-tailed, Mojave, Sidewinder and Arizona Black Rattlesnakes.

A hiker who encountered a mountain lion along a popular trail may have successfully avoided an attack by removing his sun glasses.

The trail at Sabino Canyon is expected to re-open tomorrow.

When approached by animals on the trails, you're supposed to wave your arms and make a lot of noise. More...

Area Closed for Public Safety Due to Mountain Lion Incident

Tucson, Arizona (May 31, 2013) – A portion of the West Fork Trail (Trail #24), on the Santa Catalina Ranger 

District, Coronado National Forest, will be temporarily closed.

Entry into the following portions of West Fork Trail is prohibited:

1. The intersection of West Fork Trail and Cathedral Rock Trail (Trail #26); and,

2. The intersection of West Fork Trail and Sabino Rock Trail (Trail #23).

The area is temporarily closed to allow for public safety along portions of West Fork Trail. More...

SAHC eBulletin Volume 55 Number 8 covering 5/25/13 - 6/21/13 is available for download by SAHC members. Please click on Download eBulletin on the right sidebar menu for access.

Sam McClung's Triple Header.pdf

TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - They go hiking without water.

They wear sandals to Sabino Canyon.