The desert is an unforgiving place with extreme temperatures, limited water sources, and potential wildlife encounters. Trails are sometimes not well-marked and often follow natural contours of the landscape. You could be navigating sections of trails that are ill-defined and cell service is hard to come by, so you’ll need to know how to navigate canyons, washes and boulders.  What should you carry?  When should you go?  How do you get help?  For newcomers to the Desert Foothills, this is an invaluable presentation — a 101 on living and surviving in our desert home. And for old hands at desert hiking, this is a refresher course on the joys and dangers of the Sonoran Desert.

Paul Diefenderfer is a hiker, a mountain rescue specialist, a rock climber, a mountain biker, a blacksmith, a millman, an artist, an animal rescuer—and a valued volunteer at the Cave Creek Museum.

Admission is $10, including an all-day Museum pass.  (No discounts or Culture Passes will be honored.)  FREE for members; advance reservations are required.