Red Rock News Articles
The links below will take you to recent articles as they were submitted to the Sedona Red Rock News. Usually, the published articles differ somewhat from the version presented here. For articles published during previous hiking seasons, click "View Archives".
2023 - 2024 Hike Season
- September 01, 2023 - The Sedona Westerners Hit The Trails With A New Trail Boss
- September 08, 2023 - Safety First With The Sedona Westerners
- September 15, 2023 - Throwback Friday – Snow Caused A Change Of Plans
- September 22, 2023 - The Dogies Learn A Little History At Elden Spring
2022 - 2023 Hike Season
- June 03, 2022 - The Westerners Venture East Of I-17 To Wet Beaver Creek
- September 02, 2022 - Sedona Westerners Start A New Trail Season With A New Trail Boss
- September 09, 2022 - What’s In Your Pack? – Cheap And Easy Lifesaving Stuff
- September 23, 2022 - The Amblers Venture North To Kelly Canyon
- September 30, 2022 - The Drovers Find Adventure Going To Chicken Point
- October 07, 2022 - Westerners Visit The San Francisco Peaks
- October 14, 2022 - Rustlers Head North To A Smaller Canyon Near Flagstaff
- October 21, 2022 - Adventures Of A Novice Hike Boss
- October 28, 2022 - The Mustangs Venture To Black Canyon
- November 04, 2022 - The Westerners Rustle Up Some Turkeys
- November 11, 2022 - The Westerners Find Ducks In The Wilderness
- November 18, 2022 - The Perfect Brins Mesa Hike
- November 25, 2022 - The Drovers Talk Their Way Through Woods Canyon
- December 02, 2022 - The Rustlers Enjoy A Frosty West Fork
- December 09, 2022 - Sedona Westerners Rediscover Boynton Canyon
- December 16, 2022 - Learning While Hiking
- December 23, 2022 - Westerners Double Dip With Doe Mountain And Cockscombe
- December 30, 2022 - Westerners Traverse Hiline And Templeton Trails
- January 06, 2023 - Pyramids And Polygons – Why Are The Rocks White?
- January 13, 2023 - The Amblers Take On Doe Mountain
- January 20, 2023 - Sedona Westerners Traverse Many Knolls
- January 27, 2023 - The Amblers Visit A Pyramid…and More!
- February 03, 2023 - The Sedona Rough Riders Hike Beautiful Long Canyon
- February 10, 2023 - Rough Riders Visit West Lee Mountain
- February 17, 2023 - The Westerners Combat Cabin Fever
- February 24, 2023 - The Amblers Venture Into The Canyon Of Fools
- March 03, 2023 - Reflections From Hiking Bear Mountain
- March 10, 2023 - The Amblers Do Munds Wagon Trail On Foot
- March 17, 2023 - The Mustangs Hike A Deserted Woods Canyon
- March 24, 2023 - Hiking Mescal And Climbing An Old Tree
- March 31, 2023 - Prairie Dog Sighting Near Thunder Mountain
- April 07, 2023 - Penguins And Carroll Canyon
- April 14, 2023 - The Westerners Go West To Elmersville And Lime Kiln
- April 21, 2023 - Spring Finally Comes To The Drovers In Long Canyon
- April 28, 2023 - Cathedral Rock From Many Angles
- May 05, 2023 - Flowing Water, History, And Spring Flowers On Bell Trail
- May 12, 2023 - Westerners Enjoy The Flagstaff Thaw
2021 - 2022 Hike Season
- September 17, 2021 - Sedona Westerners Kick Off New Season With Twin Buttes And Submarine Rock
- October 01, 2021 - Sedona Westerner Mustangs Hike Flagstaff Area Trails
- October 08, 2021 - Sedona Rustlers Take On Slim Shady
- October 15, 2021 - Sedona Westerner Amblers Journey Into Kelly Canyon
- October 22, 2021 - The Drovers Hit The Canyons…and Fix Some Boots!
- October 29, 2021 - A Cold Hike For Ice Cream
- November 05, 2021 - The Mustangs Hoof It On Grandview Trail To Horseshoe Mesa
- November 19, 2021 - Autumn Tempest On Wilson Mountain
- November 26, 2021 - A Stellar Morning At The Base Of Thunder Mountain
- December 03, 2021 - Unicycles, Car Bumpers, And Chandeliers
- December 10, 2021 - Love Near Rabbit Ears And Crime Scene Tape
- December 17, 2021 - Westerners Enjoy On The Trail Seminars For Safe Hiking
- December 24, 2021 - Looping Mescal Mountain
- December 31, 2021 - Many Knolls Noel Hike
- January 07, 2022 - The Westerner Drovers Try Out Their New Mittens
- January 14, 2022 - The Rough Riders Hike The Sandys Canyon To Walnut Canyon Lollipop
- January 21, 2022 - Why We Hike
- January 28, 2022 - Pyramids, Polygons, And Geological Stories
- February 04, 2022 - Don’t Look Up When You Are Hiking!
- February 11, 2022 - Westerners Visit The Mayan Man
- February 18, 2022 - The Drovers Visit Napoleon’s Tomb
- February 25, 2022 - Norm’s Notch Loop And Watching Where You Step...
- March 03, 2022 - Red Rock Rabbit Ears Through The Artist’s Eye
- March 11, 2022 - Hiking Carroll Canyon Trail
- March 18, 2022 - Westerners Find A Good Fixer-upper In West Sedona
- March 25, 2022 - The Mustangs Hike A Snowy Woods Canyon
- April 01, 2022 - A Weather Related Change Of Plans
- April 08, 2022 - The Mustangs Knock On Devil’s Door
- April 15, 2022 - Westerners Awed By Sycamore Canyon Panorama
- April 22, 2022 - Leader Lederhosen And Liesegang Blocks
- April 29, 2022 - Westerners Ascend The East Side Of Oak Creek Canyon
- May 06, 2022 - Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial Park
- May 13, 2022 - Fauna Of The Verde Valley
2020 - 2021 Hike Season
- November 20, 2020 - Interview With Terri Petrescu – New Sedona Westerners Trail Boss
- November 27, 2020 - Drovers Hike The Jim Bryant
- December 04, 2020 - Trackers Visit The Eddie Basha Collection
- December 11, 2020 - On-the-trail Seminars For Safe Hiking
- December 18, 2020 - One Hike – Two Mountains
- December 25, 2020 - Westerners Grandma’s Cave Hike
- January 01, 2021 - Hiking The Pumphouse Wash
- January 08, 2021 - Westerners Mustangs Circumnavigate Cathedral Rock Via Napoleon’s Tomb
- January 15, 2021 - Westerners Finding More Litter On Local Trails
- January 22, 2021 - Hiking Mojave Heights With The Sedona Westerners Rough Riders
- January 29, 2021 - Sedona Westerners Scouts - Scouting Hikes
- February 05, 2021 - Dogies Explore Huckaby Windows
- February 12, 2021 - What Were The Westerners Doing 10 Years Ago? (sedona Westerners Dogies – Woods Canyon Hike)
- February 19, 2021 - E Sedona Westerners Hike Mt. Everest – Virtually
- February 26, 2021 - Sedona Westerners Mustangs - Hiking Munds Mountain
- March 05, 2021 - Mustangs - Hiking Munds Mountain
- March 12, 2021 - A Westerners Support Trails
- March 19, 2021 - Rough Riders Summit Thunder Mountain
- March 26, 2021 - Sedona Westerners Amblers Hike A Network Of Trails Near Uptown Sedona
- April 02, 2021 - Parsons Trail Abloom In The Spring
- April 09, 2021 - Westerners Mustangs Do "up Periscope" Hike
- April 16, 2021 - Westerners Rough Riders Hike Huckaby Heights
- April 23, 2021 - Westerners Mustangs Hike The Devil's Back Door
- April 30, 2021 - Dogies Hike Rabbit Ears Via The Back Door
- May 07, 2021 - Sedona Westerners Rough Riders On The Vultee Trail
- May 14, 2021 - Sedona Westerners Dogies Hike Many Knolls Along The Transept Trail
2019 - 2020 Hike Season
- September 06, 2019 - Meet Scott Mcfeely, New Sedona Westerners Trail Boss
- September 13, 2019 - Scouting Hikes
- September 20, 2019 - Parsons Trail Abloom Last Spring
- September 27, 2019 - Dogies Explore Huckaby Windows
- October 04, 2019 - Sedona Westerners Explore Fay Canyon
- October 11, 2019 - The Sedona Westerners Hike The Harding Springs Trail
- October 18, 2019 - Sedona Westerners Introduced To Beasts Of Arizona At Season Kickoff Meeting!
- October 25, 2019 - It’s Not Always Hiking
- November 01, 2019 - Dogies Hike Soldiers Pass / Brins Mesa / Cibola Loop
- November 08, 2019 - The Westerners Hike Mingus Three Trail Loop
- November 15, 2019 - Kendrick Peak Rises From The Ashes Once Again
- November 22, 2019 - Tackling The Tanner Trail, South Rim Of The Grand Canyon
- November 29, 2019 - Mustangs Fire Watch On Wilson
- December 06, 2019 - Trackers Trek Through The History Of The Grand Canyon
- December 13, 2019 - Westerners Tackle Soldiers Heights
- December 20, 2019 - The Beacon Becomes The Watchtower
- December 27, 2019 - Mount Elden Lookout Trail
- January 03, 2020 - A Surprising Day In The West
- January 10, 2020 - Westerners Wonder, “what Goes Up …?”
- January 17, 2020 - “the Emerald Mile” Author, Kevin Fedarko, Speaks At Sedona Westerners Meeting
- January 24, 2020 - Make The Right Choice
- January 31, 2020 - Copper Art Museum
- February 07, 2020 - Scouts Of The Sedona Westerners Hiking Club At Their Best.
- February 21, 2020 - Drovers Take To Teacup Heights Disputing Naming Of Decanter-shaped Rock
- February 28, 2020 - Rough Riders Summit Thunder Mountain
- March 06, 2020 - Dogies Hike The Lizard Head Trail
- March 13, 2020 - Amblers Easily Breeze Their Way Along Beautiful Historical Trails
- March 20, 2020 - A Day In The Life Of Us Dogies
- March 27, 2020 - Rabbit Ears – Not A Bad Hare Day
- April 03, 2020 - Dogies Hike The Very Airy Ledge-n-airy
- April 10, 2020 - Wilson Mountain South To North
- April 17, 2020 - The Remarkable History Of The Sedona Westerners
- April 24, 2020 - Not Really Hungover
- May 01, 2020 - Time And Water Transform The Lower Hangover Saddle
- May 08, 2020 - Sterling Pass/vultee Arch Hike – A Sedona Westerners Favorite
- May 15, 2020 - Black Canyon Trail
2018 - 2019 Hike Season
- September 07, 2018 - Sedona Westerners Welcome New Trail Boss
- September 14, 2018 - Sedona Westerners Hike To The Abyss At The Grand Canyon
- September 21, 2018 - Sedona Westerners Hike To Dripping Springs In The Grand Canyon
- September 28, 2018 - Mustangs Hang Tight
- October 05, 2018 - Westerners Hike Kelly Canyon
- October 12, 2018 - Mustangs Conquer Bear Mountain
- October 19, 2018 - Sedona Westerners Hike To Mt. Humphreys Summit
- October 26, 2018 - Westerners Dodge The Weather To Pac-man Rock
- November 02, 2018 - Rustlers Hike Grasshopper Loop
- November 09, 2018 - Trackers Hike Through Historical Clarkdale
- November 16, 2018 - There Are Mustangs And Then There Are Mustangs
- November 23, 2018 - Drovers Hike The West Fork Of Oak Creek
- November 30, 2018 - Wilson Mountain Shows Its Volcanic Core
- December 07, 2018 - Westerners Go High And Then Underground
- December 14, 2018 - Mustangs Descend Into Black Canyon
- December 21, 2018 - Amblers Hike New Trail
- December 28, 2018 - Looking Inside A Volcano
- January 04, 2019 - Rough Riders Do A Beast Of A Hike
- January 11, 2019 - Westerners Track The History Of Soldiers Pass
- January 18, 2019 - Dogies In The Dells
- January 25, 2019 - Take Only Memories, Leave Only Footprints (help Preserve The Beauty That Is Sedona)
- February 01, 2019 - Amblers Hike Teacup Trail
- February 15, 2019 - Rustlers Explore Keyhole Cave
- February 22, 2019 - Sedona Westerners Hike With Coffee, Tea, And Me
- March 01, 2019 - Pyramids And Polygons A Natural Way
- March 08, 2019 - Drovers Circumnavigate Courthouse Butte
- March 15, 2019 - Tracker Hike Explores The Plants Of Fay Canyon And Their Many Uses
- March 22, 2019 - Amblers Hike New Network Of Trails
- March 29, 2019 - Drovers Explore Battlement Mesa And Twin Buttes Area
- April 05, 2019 - Anatomy Of A Hike
- April 12, 2019 - Twin Buttes/submarine Rock Hike - The 9 Trails Hike
- April 19, 2019 - Mustangs Ford Munds Wagon Trail After The Rains
- April 26, 2019 - Sedona Westerners Try Out The New Transept Trail
- May 03, 2019 - Sedona Westerners Summit Capitol Butte
- May 10, 2019 - End Of Hiking Season Reflections By The Sedona Westerners Trail Boss
2017 - 2018 Hike Season
- September 08, 2017 - Sedona Westerners Get A New Trail Boss
- September 15, 2017 - Munds Overlook Offers Panoramic Views
- September 22, 2017 - Harding Springs Trail To Cookstove Trail: Adventure In Oak Creek Canyon
- September 29, 2017 - Hiking On The Schuerman-pyramid-herkenham Circuit
- October 06, 2017 - A Hiking Group For Everyone
- October 13, 2017 - Westerners Walk On The Wild Side
- October 20, 2017 - Amblers Hike The Baldwin Trail
- October 27, 2017 - Hills, History, Hoodoos, And Headlamps
- November 03, 2017 - Westerners Hike The Jim Bryant Trail
- November 10, 2017 - One Of The Nicest Hikes And Red Rock Canyons In The Sedona Area
- November 17, 2017 - Sedona Westerners Hike Hart Prairie
- November 24, 2017 - Secret Mountain Hike Reveals The Canyons Of Sedona From Above
- December 01, 2017 - Sedona Westerners Hike Abineau And Bear Jaw Canyons
- December 08, 2017 - Sounds On The Trail Of The Anaconda-snake-az Cypress Loop
- December 15, 2017 - Westerners Admire Rock Formations Near Jordan Trailhead
- December 22, 2017 - Sedona Westerners Hike The Grand Canyon
- December 29, 2017 - The Mustangs: Hiking Through The Devils Loop
- January 05, 2018 - Sedona Westerners View Verde Valley From Mingus Mountain
- January 12, 2018 - City Hiking The Adobe Jack Trails
- January 19, 2018 - The Amblers Hike To The Sugarloaf Summit
- January 26, 2018 - Hiking Other Planets And Heavenly Bodies
- February 02, 2018 - Amblers Enjoy Carroll Canyon Vistas
- February 09, 2018 - Cruising The Catwalk
- February 16, 2018 - What Do We Walk On? Ask A Geologist!
- February 23, 2018 - Ambling Along The Adobe Jack Trail
- March 02, 2018 - To Camp Verde Along Ancient Trails
- March 09, 2018 - Mustangs Hike Through Fall Color On Way To Vultee Arch
- March 16, 2018 - Amblers Follow Marg's Draw Trail On Crimson Cliffs Hike
- March 23, 2018 - Sedona Westerners Mustangs Hike Mescal Mountain And More
- March 30, 2018 - Our Sedona Volcano
- April 06, 2018 - The Rustlers Hike The Schuerman Mountain And Lime Kiln Trai
- April 13, 2018 - Amblers Hike Battlement Mesa
- April 20, 2018 - Red Rocks, Clear Blue Skies, Lush Greens, And Four Wheelers!
- April 27, 2018 - Mustangs Hike Through Time
- May 04, 2018 - Westerners Learn About Search And Rescue From Experts
- May 11, 2018 - Sedona Westerners It's All About The Volunteers!
2016 - 2017 Hike Season
- September 09, 2016 - Jim Warren Is The New Trail Boss For The Sedona Westerners!
- September 16, 2016 - A Hiking Group For Everyone
- September 23, 2016 - What's In A Name “westerners Wander Thru Parson's Springs
- September 30, 2016 - Peach Bears Fruit For Westerners In The Form Of Stories Of The American West
- October 07, 2016 - Mustang Hike To Cardenas Butte Overlook On Tanner Trail, Grand Canyon National Park
- October 14, 2016 - Three Trail Loop
- October 21, 2016 - In The Footsteps Of Soldiers
- October 28, 2016 - Kachina Trail
- November 04, 2016 - Wonderful Woodchute Trail
- November 11, 2016 - Earthquakes Do Happen In Sedona
- November 18, 2016 - Secret Mountain Trail
- November 25, 2016 - Sedona's Architectural Past
- December 02, 2016 - Hog Trails And Twin Buttes
- December 09, 2016 - Come Join The Amblers Of The Sedona Westerners: We Are Recruiting
- December 16, 2016 - The Dogies Hike West Clear Creek
- December 23, 2016 - Mormon Overlook Winter Wonderland
- December 30, 2016 - Westerners’ Members Help With Sustainable Trail Fund Effort
- January 06, 2017 - The Herkenham Sedona Loop
- January 13, 2017 - Tea Cup Hike To Base Of Coffee Pot Rock
- January 20, 2017 - A Beautiful Saturday Morning Hike In Sedona
- January 27, 2017 - Sedona Westerners Old Timer, Stories And Lore
- February 03, 2017 - The Rustlers Hike
- February 10, 2017 - The Amblers Hike The Grand Canyon
- February 17, 2017 - The Dogies Hike Mescal Mountain
- February 24, 2017 - Amblers Visit Devils Bridge
- March 03, 2017 - The Best Laid Schemes Of Mice And Men Go Often Ask Robert Burns, 1785.
- March 10, 2017 - Sedona Westerners February Monthly Meeting: The Photography Of Mark Frank
- March 17, 2017 - Slim Shady Hike
- March 24, 2017 - The Westerners Went Over The Mountain
- March 31, 2017 - Sedona Westerners Explore The Navajo National Monument
- April 07, 2017 - Their Crosses Are Quiet And A Long Way Off
- April 14, 2017 - A Comfortable Hike Through Verdant Green Forests
- April 21, 2017 - Westerners Tackle Seldom-hiked Secret Mountain Trail
- April 28, 2017 - Westerners Explore The Superstitions
- May 05, 2017 - What's In Your Day Pack: Ten Forgotten Items For Unexpected Times