Austin Weekend Hiking & Backpacking Club

You will need to buy a ticket to get into the Powwow. Tickets are only $10.38 if purchased online before the event. You can buy a ticket here:
2025 Austin Powwow Tickets, Sat, Nov 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM | Eventbrite . The Powwow website indicates parking at the Travis County Expo Center is free for this event!

About the Powwow - All are welcome!
The Annual Austin Powwow is a social gathering where many different Native American communities come together for the largest one-day powwow in the country. For over 30 years, this unique Austin event has featured literally hundreds of Native American dancers, singers, musicians, artists and craftsmen. Family, friends, food, art and culture are enjoyed throughout the day.

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1. Thursday, January 29th, 2026 - Arrive early enough at Las Vegas airport to meet up in baggage claim by 10am PT (I have already booked Southwest flight #1813, which leaves Austin at 6:40am and arrives in Las Vegas at 7:45am.)
2. Pick up rental cars or passenger vans and drive towards Lake Mead.
3. Hike #1 - Stop at While Owl Canyon trailhead for the first planned hike. Here's a good video of this hike.
4. Campout - One Night, 1/29 - We'll camp at Boulder Beach Campground at Lake Mead.in one (or more) of the Group Sites. We will finalize meal and gear planning during future group planning meetings.
5. Hike #2 - After enjoying an amazing sunrise at Lake Mead, we'll break camp, pack up, and drive to the Historic Railroad Trail. Hiking the Historic Railroad Rail will take us to the Hoover Dam, where we can either do a guided tour or explore on our own. Here's a good video of this hike.
6. Las Vegas (2-night stay, 1/30 & 1/31)- After exploring the Hoover Dam, we'll drive to Las Vegas (only about 45 minutes to one-hour drive) to check into hotels. Harrah's, Flamingo, and LINQ have really good rates currently; and if everyone books their hotel in this area of the strip, it will make it easier for the drivers of the rentals cars/vans to drop everyone off and then return the rental vehicles to the airport. I have already booked 2 nights (Friday and Saturday) at Harrah's.
7. Styx concert (Saturday night, Venetian Theatre, 1/31) - This event is optional, but it will be great if some of the group wants to see Styx in concert. They will be playing their classic Pieces of Eight album in its entirety during this show.
8. Sunday, February 1st, 2026 - Fly home. I have already booked Southwest flight #255, which leaves Las Vegas at 3:30pm and arrives in Austin at 8:05pm.

Everyone starts on the waitlist for this event. To move from the Waitlist to the Going list, you will need to pay a calculated per-attendee portion of the rental vehicles, group camp site fee, Lake Mead entrance fee, and Uber fee for the drivers of the rental vehicles to get back from the airport to their hotels after dropping off the cars/vans. The total fee is estimated to be only about $40.00 per person. I am not charging anything to organize this event.

Attendees will need to book and pay for their own airfare, hotel, meals, and entertainment.

I'll schedule an online informational meeting soon to review logistic details and answer questions.

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--- Legal Disclaimer ---

By clicking on "Yes" for this event you agree, warrant, and covenant as follows:
In consideration for accepting this entry, I, the registrant, intending to be legally bound, hereby, for myself, my heirs, my executors and administrators, do waive and release any and all rights for damages I may have against any parties or persons connected with the Austin Weekend Hiking & Backpacking Club Meetup group for and related to the above listed event. I attest and verify that I am physically fit to participate in any portion of this above listed event. I grant Austin Weekend Hiking & Backpacking Club permission to use any photographs, film or videotapes of this event for any purpose. I further attest that I, the registrant, am fully and completely responsible for any guests that I bring to the event, whether registered or not.