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- Early Bird Balloon Race Mass Ascension Launch & Keystone Canyon HikeEast Keystone Trailhead, Reno, NV
Come join us for this early morning Hot Air Balloon adventure. We'll start off at the East Keystone Trailhead parking and hike up over the ridge via the connector trail to spot overlooking San Rafael park and the balloons. We'll stop here for 30 to 40 minutes to watch the Mass Ascension Launch scheduled for 7:00 am. The hike will then continue to the top of Keystone Canyon where we'll climb up to the Poedunk trail with good views of Reno and follow it back to the trailhead. About 5 miles and 600 feet of elevation gain. This hike is considered moderate but it has some climbing.
Things to bring:
SITTING PAD or backpacking chair for 30+ minutes of sitting,
Hot/cold drink and snacks to enjoy while watching the balloons,
Binoculars if you have some;PARKING - The trailhead has parking and since it's not normally a balloon race viewing location, there should be plenty of parking spaces at that time. There is also parking on the road if needed.
Dress in layers as it will start off 'chilly' and then warm up. It will be dark when we start but sunny later so remember your hat and sun glasses.
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/3zN1Jl0Leader: Bernard Vienneau
Co-Leader: Christie G - Sierra Club Great Basin Group September Program MeetingUNR Innevation Center, Reno, NV
The September program meeting of the Sierra Club Great Basin Group will be on Thursday, September 11, at UNR’s Innevation Center In Reno.
The topic:"The Risks—and the Potential—of Data Centers."
presented by Manny Becerra, Bari Levinson, and Sandy Roth.The doors will open at 6:30 for socializing, and the hour-long program will begin at 7 PM. The Innevation Center is located at 450 Sinclair St, Reno, NV 89501.
The event will be live-streamed on Zoom. Just before the meeting begins (7 PM on 9/11) click THIS LINK to join; or paste the link beforehand into your calendar for that evening.
They will be talking about the challenges with data centers in general, and in the Reno area in particular. What are the plans to have a Data Center ordinance in place for the City of Reno that might mitigate some of the potential problems, and instead work to bring benefits to our community?
Manny Becerra is a former Executive Chair of the Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter whose work bridges public service, innovation, and community. He currently serves on the Reno City Planning Commission and works in the tech sector.
Bari Levinson is a retired physician and chemical engineer. She has been a Sierra Club volunteer for about four years, and serves on the Chapter Executive Committee, and is co-chair of our Legislative Committee and Political Commmittee. She is also active on the local level.
Sandy Roth is a member of the Sierra Club's Great Basin Conservation Group and Legislative Committee and has been hiking with the Sierra Club for many years.
Hope to see you then!
Holly Coughlin, Chair
Sierra Club Great Basin Group
