Cave Creek Museum: Desert Survival and Hiking Basics

Cave Creek Museum Presents: “Desert Survival and Hiking Basics” with Paul Diefenderfer. 

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’ll may be navigating sections of trails that are ill-defined and cell service is hard to come by, so you’ll want 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, and even for old hands at desert hiking, you could learn something new.

Presenter 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.