About us
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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Thursday Evening Hike -- Reno River Walk
450 Sinclair St, Reno, NV, USStay in shape with a hike of 3 miles along the Reno River Walk.
This is a warm-up hike before the Sierra Club meeting at this same locale.
We will hike for about 1-1/2 hour and then stop for happy hour at one of the watering holes along the Truckee River.
Elevation gain up to 30 feet. Easy. ND (No dogs).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/3zN1Jl0
Campfire RSVPLeader: River Walker
Co-Leader: Robin G.13 attendees
Mt Grant Challenge
Location not specified yetThis to let everyone know about it. An interesting hike that might not be going on next year. Mt. Grant is on Military property and you usually have to get a special permit.
Mt. Grant Challenge The easiest 27km. (17 miles) and 2120 m (7,000ft.) of gain you will ever do
Hi All, Come One, Come All (Sign up link below)
The Mount Grant Challenge Saturday Sept. 12, Walker/Hawthorne NV
(see link below)
Why, you ask?- Easiest 7,000 ft gain you will do in your life.
- 17 miles
- Mineral County Nevada High Point
- No daypack needed. But a windbreaker recommended
- Swag wagons every 3-4miles with drinks, snacks and a porta-potty (can't get better than that)
- Shuttle van takes you down the mountain (save the knees)
- Very little descent on the way up.mostly
just a gentle slope the whole way up. Summit a short class 3 scramble - You know ahead of time (from me) that the high point is not Mt Grant, it is farther down the ridge. So you can get Mt.Grant and the County high point (I have not been to Mt Grant Challange the 2 times I have done this) So don't take it for Granted. In 2019 one person went to Mt Grant and didn't hit the county highpoint. Not said in Link
- First time since Covid that they have done this. No guarantees they will be doing it again. So do it now
- Easy I said. My time 7 years ago; 4hr 56min. 16.9mi. (3.0mph not bad for 7,000 ft. of gain)
- No such thing as a free lunch (or snacks) Fee is $75. Half for $35 (they take you up in a van to the halfway point and you start from there. Seems that should be more expensive. I'm guessing it is 8.5mi and 3,500ft of gain.
- Did I mention you get a T-shirt. A Token Coin.
- Free spaghetti dinner Friday night.Things just don't get better. (Well they could)
- All statements above are purported to be true. but some are based on passed events
- link;
https://www.visitmineralcounty.com/9/11-mt-grant-memorial-challenge?utm_source=copilot.com - Most people are either camping at Walker Lake or motelling in Hawthorne on Friday night. Event starts at 6:30AM for the 17mi 6:00AM for the half
- FREE bragging rights (Yes, FREE)
- Campfire RSVP
Enjoy.
Jeff
6 attendees
Sierra Buttes Day Hike
North Hills Shopping Center, 1075 N Hills Blvd, Reno, NV 89506, USA, Reno, NV, USLate summer hike up to Tamarack Lakes below the towering Sierra Buttes (8591').
Hiking 6 miles along the PCT from an altitude of 6100 with elevation gain of 1000 feet.
Good hiking boots and windbreakers recommended. Bring lunch and plenty of water.
Not a beginner's hike! Moderately strenuous difficulty. DL (Dogs limited).Waiver & Medical 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.
Read Sign-Up and Participant Agreement, pages 3-4 at: https://bit.ly/3zN1Jl0
Also, since this outing is longer than 2 hours and carpooling is involved:
All participants must fill out a medical form and give it to the outing leader before embarking on this trip. If you are able to fill out, print, and bring this form with you to the hike, that will save time. The form will be returned to you after the hike. If you can't bring a completed form with you, we will have extra at the trailhead. Here is a link to the:
Sierra Club Medical Form.Carpooling
From Reno, it is a 1-1/2 hour drive each way.
We will meet for carpooling by Raleys in North Hills shopping center in Golden Valley.
If you share a ride, be sure to help the driver out with gas money. On the way back we are planning to stop at the The Brewing Lair in Blairsden for rest and refreshment.Leader: Ridge Walker
Co-Leader: Holly C.
Co-Leader: Cris G.7 attendees
Past events
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