Walker Lake Hike -- Reservation Required

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Hikes, horses, music, dance and comedy -- what a great place to live!

Another busy summer weekend is ahead for Flagstaff. Kick-off the weekend by mingling downtown at Heritage Square on Friday night and then catching the outdoor movie at dusk. Or, head over to NAU for the last weekend of the Town and Gown performance of the summer: <a title="Flagstaff performance" href="/public/item/235869" target="_blank">The Odd Couple</a>. (I got to see the Odd Couple last weekend, it was great!) Or, head up to the <a title="Flagstaff dance performance" href="http://www.culturalpartners.org/influx.htm" target="_blank">Coconino Center for the Arts and catch the dance performance by The Isolated Incident Performance Group</a> beginning at 7:30 p.m. A truly classy horse show will happen Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Posse arena of the Ft. Tuthill County Park. The <a title="Flagstaff horse show" href="http://www.americansaddlebredassociationofarizona.com/southwest_pine_classic.htm" target="_blank">Southwest Pine Classic Horse Show</a> features show horses of the American Saddlebred Association. Events begin in the morning each day and continue throughout the day. Snowbowl Ranger Talks are available from 10:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, at the top of the scenic sky ride of the <a title="Arizona Snowbowl skyride" href="http://www.arizonasnowbowl.com/summer/skyride.php" target="_blank">Arizona Snowbowl</a>. Talks are sponsored by the National Park Service/US Forest Service Interpretive Partnership program and offer information about the natural surroundings, geology and history of the San Francisco Peaks. Another great Flagstaff area interpretative hike will be lead by my friends Steve and Lois Hirst, on Saturday, beginning at 9 a.m. Estimated hiking time until noon. Hike to the rim of a volcano with Walker Lake in its crater. Spectacular views of the San Francisco Peaks, the Painted Desert, and the distant Grand Canyon. Difficulty: moderate. Group limit: 15. No dogs, please. 928-527-8222 for reservations.  Meet at the intersection of FR 151 and Highway 180, just past MP 235. <a title="Walker Lake hike" href="http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coconino/temp-flyers/7-25-09-walker-lake.pdf" target="_blank">Here’s the flyer for the hike</a>. Sunday evening, enjoy a free concert by members of the <a title="Flagstaff Symphony" href="http://flagstaffsymphony.org/" target="_blank">Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra</a> at a beautiful venue – <a title="Lowell Observatory" href="http://www.lowell.edu/" target="_blank">Lowell Observatory</a>. Performance begins at 5:30 p.m. and will last about 60 minutes. Whatever you do in Flagstaff this weekend – enjoy! 9 application/xml false Arizona Snowbowl Coconino Center for the Arts Flagstaff Cultural Partners Flagstaff dance Flagstaff hike Flagstaff music Flagstaff performance Flagstaff symphony Living in Flagstaff Walker Lake Hike -- Reservation Required Download a flyer about the hike here http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coconino/temp-flyers/7-25-09-walker-lake.pdf Flagstaff Cultural Partners Current events at the Coconino Center for the Arts http://www.culturalpartners.org/ Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; GTB6; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30618; OfficeLiveConnector.1.3; OfficeLivePatch.0.0) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 aheitland 24.121.32.9 false true false false true 178975 false false true false false false true 178441 blog blogsite/BestFlagstaffHomes/web