What we’re about
Friends and members of the Sierra Club,
Thank you for choosing to join us on one of our outings - a 100+ year tradition of the Sierra Club! For many decades, volunteers of our local group, the Great Basin Group, have lead outings throughout the region. Areas of the region include the greater Reno area, the Sierra Nevada mountains, and the vast interior of the state of Nevada.
We are not "just another Meetup group." The Sierra Club has been in existence for more than 125 years. Our mission is to "Explore, enjoy, and protect the planet." Our volunteer outings leaders will, at a minimum, have basic first aid training and complete a mentoring process with veteran outings leaders before becoming leaders themselves. That is the minimum that you can expect. Many of our outings leaders will have decades of experience leading outings in our region and have many wonderful outdoor secrets to share with you!
Almost all trips posted on this website are Sierra Club outings - all participants must sign a Sierra Club Sign-in Sheet and Liability Waiver at the trailhead before we begin each outing. If you have any question about the difficulty of the outing and whether you have the appropriate fitness, and/or equipment to participate, contact the outing leader before the day of the outing. During the outing, expect to remain with the outings leader during the entire outing, unless there is a co-leader (this is for safety and liability reasons). If you plan on bringing a dog, please ask the outing leader of the trip for permission and special instructions before the day of the outing.
You do not have to be a Sierra Club member to participate in our outings.
All participants will be given the opportunity to donate $1 to the Sierra Club Great Basin Group each time they join us for an outing. This will help to fund our outings leader training programs.
Obviously our and the National Club's priority is your and your family's safety, as well as fulfilling our mission to get people outdoors!
Join us on facebook here:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/scgbg/
Learn more about the Great Basin Group here:
http://www.sierraclub.org/toiyabe/great-basin
Join the Sierra Club here (when you see the opportunity, enter our group code "1401"):
http://www.sierraclub.org/
If you are interested in becoming an outings leader for the Great Basin Group, contact me at:
renovno@gmail.com
Hopefully, we will meet out on the trail soon!
Bernard Vienneau
Outings Chair - Great Basin Group
"We Get You Outdoors"
Upcoming events
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Cross Country Ski Tour at Sugar Pine Point (Ed Z'Berg) State Park
Sugar Pine Point Campground, General Creek Campground, 7360 CA-89,, Tahoma, CA, US- Come and explore the path of the Nordic events of the 1960 Winter Olympics at Sugar Pine Point State Park (past Tahoma on Tahoe's West Shore). We will explore the blue and red trails as we meander through and ski past a series of interpretive panels that share Tahoe's Olympic and Nordic skiing history (plan on skiing about 10 KM/6 miles). The trails are for beginners and intermediate level, relatively flat with one fun downhill. You should have your own equipment (diagonal stride or back country skis) and be comfortable skiing on snowmobile set trails, with a stride lane, in relatively flat and wooded trails of pine, fire, aspen and cedar trees.
- Please consider carpooling if your schedule allows; I can meet folks at the Tahoe City Transit Center, south of the TC "Y" and Fanny Bridge (64 acres) for a shuttle to the campground at 10:30 AM to assist getting to the venue, if needed;
- There is a $10 parking fee per carload.
- Bathrooms are available in the WINTER CAMPING LOOP.
- Dog Limited event: Dogs are allowed on blue and red trails on leash. Please bring your own waste bags and pack it in/pack it out.
- As this is a Sierra Club event, please consider donating $1 to help support our Great Basin Group outings, programs, and to support our Scholarship program for youth outdoor events.
- Please click on this link to review the Sierra Club Sign-Up and Participant Agreement on pages 3-4 before you RSVP: https://bit.ly/3zN1Jl0
- Directions: From HWY 80 in Reno, head Westbound towards Truckee; Take exit 185 towards HWY 89 South to Tahoe City; follow signs to Emerald Bay/Tahoma before the Y in Tahoe City. Travel about 10 more miles to Sugar Pine Point State Park; Turn Right to the Ed Z'Berg Campground exit right off HWY 89. If you have gone to Meeks Bay or Emerald Bay, you have gone too far!
- Kindly pay parking fee at self service station; proceed to parking lot which is a left after the kiosk. Look for the SC Group as the site is very popular on the weekends;
- Plan on a travel time of 1 hour 10 minutes, depending on ski traffic;
- Cross Country Skiing
- Bring water, snacks and dress in layers for variable winter conditions including gloves and a hat!
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