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- Mount Rose Meadows Moonlight MadnessMt. Rose Trailhead, Reno, NV
Come celebrate the Sturgeon Moon, the full moon of August.
Hiking from Mt. Rose trailhead along the road overlooking the Mt. Rose Meadows.
We will be above 9000 feet elevation, so come prepared for cool temperatures.
Sunset is at 8:04p and the almost full moon will rise at 7:33p.
There should be plenty of moonlight to see by, but flashlights or
headlamps are always a good idea in case of cloudiness.
Moderate hike of 3 mi and 500 ft elevation gain. DL (Dogs limited).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/3zN1Jl0If you wish to carpool, meet at 6:03p at Starbucks in the Galena Junction Shopping Center, 18250 Wedge Pkwy, Reno.
Leader: Ridge Walker
Co-leader: Cris G. - Sonora Pass RambleStarbucks, Reno, NV
Hike the HIgh Sierra near Sonora Pass. We will take the St. Mary's Pass trail up towards Stanislaus Peak, and back again. It is steep for the first mile, and then we ramble across a plateau at 10,400 feet elevation, through springs and meadows and wild flowers
NB: This hike is not for beginners!
Most of it is above altitude 10,000', and we climb 1000 feet in the first mile.
Bring a lunch, plenty of water and wear sturdy hiking boots.
Distance: 7 miles. Elevation gain up to 1200 ft.
Rated as Moderately Strenuous due to the distance and altitude.
ND (No Dogs).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.
If you want to review the Sierra Club Sign-Up and Participant Agreement in advance, see pages 3-4 at: https://bit.ly/3zN1Jl0
Also, since this hike is to a remote location 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, I will have extra at the trailhead. Here is a link to the:
Sierra Club Medical Form.Carpooling
From Reno, it is a 2-hour drive each way, so we will meet for carpooling near the Starbucks in the Galena Junction Shopping Center, 18250 Wedge Pkwy, Reno.
If you share a ride, be sure to help the driver out with gas money.
And for those of you who are interested, we will probably stop for dinner at the world famous Mountain View BBQ in Walker.Leader: Ridge Walker
Co-Leader: Cris G.
