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.

North Kaibab Trailhead

Catalina State Park

Aravaipa Canyon East

Milagrosa Trail

Seven Sacred Pools

Honeybee Canyon

Wasson Peak

Bellota Trail

Bren Mountain

Mount Ajo

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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.

Monthly Program Meeting

On the third Tuesday of the each month, speakers are invited to come and present on a wide variety of subjects ranging from local and international hiking to desert wildlife. The presentations are held at the Catalina United Methodist Church, located at 2700 E Speedway Blvd Room H230, Tucson, AZ 85716 (Parking available east of the building) starting at 6:00 PM. The public is welcome to attend.

Program Meeting on May 19 at 6 pm

Exploring Peru: Two Ways to Hike Machu Picchu — Wanda Taylor, Georges Badoux, Keven Ann Willey, Tammy Derickson, and Nathan Derickson

We have five club members who have all hiked Machu Picchu last summer using different trails and different guides. They've combined to present a program about this ancient site, which, actually, isn't all that ancient, having been built in the 1400s - a full millennium after the fall of the Roman Empire and less than a century before the Spanish 'discovered' Peru. Did you know the Inkas were master engineers and built the entire citadel without using any mortar? Or that the buildings are earthquake-proof? Do you know what 'Machu Picchu' actually means? Come hear club members Wanda Taylor, Georges Badoux and Keven Ann Willey talk about their Road Scholar experiences in Peru last summer. The second half of the program will feature club president, Tammy Derickson, and her son, Nathan, who will talk about their Mountain Lodges of Peru experiences. Two different companies, two different trails, two different presentations.

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

Check out our actual calendar of events below.

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