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 (2)
See all- Hidden Valley Highland LoopHidden Valley Regional Park, Reno, NV
Hike from Hidden Valley up along the Highland Loop trail in search of scenic vistas.
Discover trails and learn about nature and geology in the Virginia Range.
Forecast is for cool and cloudy weather with temps in the 60's and a chance of rain;
so come prepared. Bring snacks and plenty of water.
Not a beginner's hike; some sections are steep and rocky. Wear good hiking boots.
Length 4.5 miles; elevation gain of 1100 ft. 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/3zN1Jl0Leader: Cris. G.
Co-leader: Ridge Walker - Fall Hike to Picnic Rock - North Lake Tahoe with Photography TipsBrockway Summit Tahoe Rim Trail Trailhead, Tahoe Vista, CA
This moderate 2 hour (moving time round trip) hike ascends part of the famous Tahoe Rim Trail but is a spur off the trail to a magnificent panoramic view of Lake Tahoe (700 foot gain). We will have about 30-45 minutes at the top to eat a snack and have a mini photo course for those who are interested. Bring your smart phone and learn some easy to remember compositional tips to capture the photos you love. The return trip will take us down the Grif trail through a forest of Jeffrey Pines (smell the butterscotch) and complete a loop return on a less traveled, mostly level dirt road to our starting point. Peaks of the lake the whole way :D
Dogs limited and on leash only please.What to bring: Plenty of water. We are hiking 4.5 miles from an altitude of 7000 with elevation gain of 700 feet.
Good hiking shoes, a day pack with water, lunch and layers - windbreakers are recommended. Weather can be very different up high.Membership in the Sierra club is NOT a requirement to participate in our hikes. If you are interested in joining, please ask us and we’ll provide you with information about its mission, history and more.
Liability Waiver Form
Since this is a Sierra Club hike, we ask you to sign our liability waiver at
the trailhead 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/3zN1Jl0We do ask that if you decide to not come on the hike please use the meetup website and change your attendance to no so others have the opportunity. Thank you.
Leader: Niobe B
Co-Leader: Bernard V
