Southern Arizona Hiking Club

Welcome to SAHC!

Experience the natural wonders of Southern Arizona with Tucson's leading hiking club.

Discover places you'd never visit on your own. Form lasting friendships in the process. With more than 500 members and 60 guides, our club offers a wide range of weekly guided activities - mall walking to peak bagging - easy to strenuous. And members are free to participate when and where they choose.

Cactus Forest

The Wave

Seven Sacred Pools

Wasson Peak

Coconino Overlook

Washington Gulch

Aspen Draw

Honeybee Canyon

Kachina Trail

Arizona Trail Passage 4

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Want More Information?

New and prospective members are welcome to contact club member Nancy Debolt. She would be delighted to tell you how our club works, answer questions and get you started.

Starting at 6:15 PM on the third Tuesday of every month, the club hosts an information meeting for new and prospective members. Anyone interested in finding out more about the club is invited to attend. The meetings are held at the Catalina United Methodist Church, located at 2700 E Speedway Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85716.

Program Meeting on September 16 at 6 pm

Exploring the Arizona National Scenic Trail — Wendy Lotze

Did you know that the Arizona National Scenic Trail stretches 800 miles across Arizona between the Mexican and Utah borders - even though the state is only 400 miles long? Or that it's one of only three such trails in the nation that is uninterrupted from end to end? Or that it's the only one in the country that is entirely open to mountain bikers (except through wilderness areas, where there are bike trails around)? Come to the hiking club's first program of the 2025-26 season and enjoy a photographic tour of the Arizona National Scenic Trail. We'll learn more about this unique cultural resource. Our guest speaker will be Wendy Lotze, a fourth-generation Arizonan who worked for 10 years as the Arizona Trail Association's director of volunteer programs and is currently a lecturer in the College of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Planning at the University of Arizona. Whether you've hiked the trail, just thought about hiking the trail, or longed for a way to help maintain the trail for future generations to enjoy, Wendy is sure to tell you something you didn't already know. Come join the fun!

Each month speakers are invited to come and present on a wide variety of subjects ranging from local and international hiking to desert wildlife. These presentations are open to the public and are held at the Catalina United Methodist Church starting at 7:00 PM on the third Tuesday of the month.

Calendar

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