What we’re about
Friends and members of the Sierra Club,
We have resumed offering hiking outings as of March 2022.
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!
General Information About the Sierra Club and the local Great Basin group Outings
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 over 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 go through a mentoring process with veteran outings leaders before becoming outings 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 asked to donate $1 to the Sierra Club Great Basin Group every time they join us for an outing to fund our outings leader training programs.
Find more Great Basin Group outings here:
http://www.sierraclub.org/toiyabe/great-basin/outings-and-events
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:
jarrettrl02@gmail.com
Hopefully, we will meet out on the trail soon!
Rob Jarrett
Outings Chair - Great Basin Group
"We Get You Outdoors"
Upcoming events (1)
See all- Thursday Evening Conditioning Hike -- Canoe Hill.Canoe Hill, Sparks, NV
Get in shape after work with an evening conditioning hike of 4 miles at a brisk pace.
Discover trails and learn about nature and geology around the Truckee Meadows.
Hiking up to Canoe Hill on the east side of Sparks. See how it looks like a canoe?
Meeting at bench across the street from Canyon Hills Park (pictured below).
Bring plenty of water; good hiking boots and windbreakers are recommended.
Elevation gain up to 1000 ft. Mostly on trails with some cross-country.
Moderately difficult. DL (Dogs limited).Since this is a Sierra Club hike, we ask you to sign our liability waiver before the hike and donate $1 to help cover First Aid Training for all our leaders.
If you want to review the Sierra Club Sign-Up and Participant Agreement in advance, see pages 3-4 at: https://bit.ly/3zN1JlLeader: Ridge Walker
Co-Leader: Jeanne
