Guindani Trail

HIKE GUINDANI TRAIL FROM KARTCHNER CAVERNS STATE PARK

Join the Muleteam this Saturday for a hike in the Whetstone Moutains beginning in Kartchner Caverns State Park. The Guindani trail is a 4.2-mile loop. The elevation ranges from 4709 to 5619 feet for an elevation gain of 910 feet. One half is in the shade of a treed canyon with a steep hike. The other half is in the sun with very gradually lowering elevation. We will lunch on the saddle with lovely views. 

The Whetstone Mountains are named for a common rock there, novaculite, also called flint, used to sharpen knife blades.  The Whetstones are also notorious for being where Wyatt Earp shot and killed Curly Bill Brocius.  And what’s more, the dinosaur fossil, Sonorasaurus thompsoni from the Cretaceous Period was found there in 1998. 

Meet Feb. 5 at 9:00 AM by the Old Bisbee courthouse fountain. From there it is about a one-hour drive to Kartchner Caverns, on Hwy 90 almost to Benson.  Dogs on leashes welcome. Bring water and lunch. There is a $7.00 per car fee for entrance to the Park. Back around 3:30 PM. For more details contact Monica at 520-461-6799 or sometimesthelight@hotmail.com. 

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BACKTRACK - Council Rocks

Twenty-two human and two canine hikers enjoyed the Dragoons on a beautiful Saturday. We started out from Council Rocks, with its pictographs and metates. The outbound leg took us through the thick of the spectacular rock formations surrounding us. Our lunch spot offered fantastic views, and we returned along a flatter route. Many thanks to Carol for having devised this particular route among the rocks, and for leading the hike. - Elizabeth

Photo album at muleteam.shutterfly.com

SIDETRACK - Trail Skills Workshop

Our friends at Huachuca Hiking Club have sent information about an upcoming workshop in trail maintenance skills:

Wild Arizona in partnership with The Coronado National Forest Service and Outslope Trail Solutions is pleased to announce our first Sky Island Trail Stewards training for 2022. This will be the first of a new series of developing new and advanced technical trail maintenance skills, including in this first session:

Learn from a skilled instructor:

• Principles of trail design

• Sustainable tread construction and repair

• Fundamentals of rock work

Details:

• This workshop is free and open to those who have a basic knowledge/experience of trail maintenance

• Date: Feb 19 OR Feb 20 (the same workshop is offered both days)

• Location: Perimeter Trail (Just south of Sierra Vista AZ)

• Time: 9:00am to 3:30pm

I have put the flyer into our photo album at muleteam.shutterfly.com. Sign-up form is here.

CALENDAR 

Feb 12 - Perimeter Trail with Brad

Feb 19 - Boston Mill with Sandy and Ken

Feb 26 - ?

Mar 5 - Fairbank with Doug

Mar 12 - ?

Mar 19 - ?

Mar 26 - Ramsey Canyon with Brad

Apr 2 - Parker Canyon Lake with Sue S. and John W.

Apr 9 - Rucker Canyon with Molly 

Apr 16 - Cochise Stronghold with Doug

Keep on trekking,

Elizabeth

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