Southern Arizona Hiking Club: News

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Paria Canyon permits available

Paria Canyon scheduled for May 13 to 19.

Two permits available.

Robin Munno

(520) 203-7010

Spring Picnic Location Changed

Sunday May 4, 2008

CHANGE OF PICNIC SITE
The SAHC spring picnic has been moved to the Whitetail campground. Whitetail is at Milepost 20 on the Catalina Highway, one mile past the Palisades ranger station on the same side of the road. Serving time remains at 2:00 PM. There is no change to scheduled hikes on the day of the picnic. Due to limited parking, if you are not hiking, please meet at PAW between 12:30 and 1:00 and arrange car pooling with whomever happens to be there.

Steve's Favorite Hike trip report

Hike cancellation

Due to a scheduling conflict the hike scheduled by Brian & Bev Larson to Mt. Hughes on Saturday, April 12, 2008 has been canceled and will be rescheduled. If you were planning to do this hike please e-mail me at azstrut@aol.com or call 520-572-4093 and I will add your name to a list to be notified when the hike is rescheduled. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Brian & Bev Larson

Access Trail Coordinator

ATC Notice:

Beginning April 1, 2008, Sabino Canyon Road will be
closed 7/10 of a mile from the Visitor Center to the end of the road
(aka Tram Stop 9). Road Construction is scheduled to end in three
months, so the road may reopen in July.
Jim Terlep

Hike Schedule Form updated

The SAHC Schedule Hike Form has been updated so that the Guide Email 1 and Guide Email 2 fields will both receive copies of the hike emailed to the email address completed in each field.

Questions?

Before emailing a busy club volunteer with a question check the FAQ's, the answer to your question may be available there. If you still need help, email the appropriate club volunteer and please allow ample time to receive your answer, your club contact may be out hiking.

Sabino to Catalina State Park Trip Report and Photos

Check out this great trip report by member Bill Bens.

User accounts and logging in!

There seems to be some confusion on why one must log in on the SAHC website. It is only necessary at the present time to log in if you wish to download a SAHC PDF Bulletin, view the Membership Directory, the Registry or post in the forum section.

At the present time logging in to schedule a hike or post hike results is not necessary.

These links are on the home page under the General Membership menu on the left side. To log in one must first create a user account which is available to current SAHC members only.

SAHC Fundraising Opportunity

Many of you have seen, or even complained, about the trash in the Huachuca Mountains as a result of illegal border crossings. Now here's an opportunity to do something about it and earn money for the SAHC along the way.

I recently participated in a UDA trash pickup near Carr Peak that was coordinated by Cochise County. I went with the expectation that it was simply a volunteer event. However, during the outing I learned that the County has federal grant money available to non-profit organizations, such as hiking clubs, to the tune of $125 per member participating in the cleanup. For example, if we could get just eight "volunteers" from the SAHC to attend one of these pickups, we could earn $1000 for the club's coffer!

The trash cleanup was not so much dirty work as hard work in that full bags of trash had to be hauled to a central pickup point or back to the trail head. Nonetheless, the outing was fun in a way and definitely very rewarding. Cochise County does supply gloves and super-heavy duty trash bags. If you want to see photos of what's involved, look here:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TucsonHikers/message/822

Cochise County has been advised that the SAHC is interested in participating in future cleanups and, although preference is given to local organizations, they will keep our club in mind. Since most cleanups are arranged on just 10-14 days notice, we won't be able to announce a trash pickup event in the Bulletin. Therefore, if you are interested in participating, please send an email to whbens@hotmail.com and I will add you to a SAHC notification list. Those without email may call me at 648-7468. Let's see if we can earn some money for the club and spruce-up the Huachucas in the process!

Bill Bens

Create user account and login info

To download a SAHC PDF Bulletin you must have a SAHC member user account and login to the website.

To obtain a user account you must have a currrent SAHC membership number.

If you are a new SAHC member and have just signed up online it takes approximately 5 days for your application to process and to receive your membership number.

To request the create user link and sign up for an account click login on the top menu, under New member registration click on the link me to the create user form request.

Chief Guide Message:

The Santa Catalina Mountains Front Range will be closed again for lambing season starting 1/1/08 until 4/30/08. All off-trail hikes in that area, in particular those to the following peaks and canyons will not be approved during that time:

Canyons:
Alamo   Deadhorse    Finger Rock    Montrose    Pima    Pontatoc    Romero

Peaks:
Bighorn    Buster Mountain   Fingerguard   Gorp    Little Kimball   Peak 4910 (Cleaver)
Prominent Point   Pusch Peak   Rosewood Point   Table Mountain   Table Tooth   Valentine   Window Peak

Mike Harris

User accounts

Please be sure to update your SAHC membership to remain current and avoid your website user account being deleted.

Thank you,

Jerry Dean
SAHC Webmaster

President's Message

Now that the calendar tells me it’s November, I’m waiting for the cooler weather to get here. Sure, the mornings are much cooler, but that sun is still very warm during the middle of the day. Is that global warming or just a bad memory? Either way, this is still one of my favorite times of year.

Another way I know it’s November is by the number of hikes that suddenly appear in The Bulletin. The number of hiking options typically jumps from 15 to 20 per week to 30 or more hikes per week. Amazing!

A third way I know November has arrived is that our total membership numbers typically drop this month. If you’re reading this in a borrowed Bulletin or perhaps on the club website because you didn’t receive your new Bulletin, you may have forgotten to renew your membership last month. It’s not too late, though. Log onto the website (www.sahcinfo.org) or fill out the application in this edition and continue your membership!

Later this month we’ll celebrate Thanksgiving, with all of the festivities that the holiday calls for. A bit of overindulgence of various kinds will also be on the agenda for many people. Just remember to actually think about all those things for which you’re thankful as you enjoy yourself!

Now, to make sure you have something to be thankful for, I’m going to cut my message short and stop right here.

Keep on hiking!

Steve Singkofer
President

Photo Gallery

The SAHC Photo Gallery has been updated with several new features.

Comments are appreciated.

Thank you,

Jerry Dean/Webmaster

New member applications

Please allow 5 business days for processing of online new membership applications.

Thank you,

Membership Secretary

New King and Queen of the Mountain Crowned

We had a very nice turnout for the hikes and picnic today. About fifty people participated in the various hikes, and there were about 70 or so at the picnic.

In the race for King & Queen of the Mountain, Joel Woppert was recrowned as King with a time a whole minute slower than last year's, and Pam Hoyt was presented with her crown for the fastest women's time up Mount Wrightson. Congratulations!

Thanks to all who participated today, and special thanks to the guides and all of the other volunteers who made it all happen today.

Saguaro National Park Draft General Management Plan / Environmental Impact Statement

SAGU NP is in the process of finalizing their General Management Plan,
which will guide park management for the next 15 to 20 years.

Jim Terlep, SAHC Access Trails Coordinator and Steve Singkofer,
SAHC President attended an informal meeting on Thursday,
September 6th at Pima Community College East Campus.
They spoke with several local rangers and several National Park
planners from the Denver area, all of whom will be instrumental
in finalizing this draft plan.

The officials with whom Jim and Steve spoke asked for substantive
input from our members. They all agreed that public participation is very
important to the successful development of this management plan,
and they are asking for our thoughtful evaluation and comments.
While they will accept simple concurrence or disagreement with
one or the other of the offered plans, they would prefer to also
know the reasons why you concur or disagree with their plans.

The board is in the process of formulating SAHCs official response,
but all of our members are invited to provide their own personal input
to the Park Service. Please use the link(s) to review the Draft General
Management Plan and to submit your comments online.

Thank you.

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