What we’re about
Welcome desert southwest mountains enthusiasts!
We are Desert Southwest Adventures, an outdoors meetup group based in Las Vegas, Nevada, but created for folks in all of the desert southwest mountains and beyond. Our goal is to create a group made for those in the region who would also like to travel and do events with organizers in areas outside of their own, and to show others your local favorites as well. This group is tailored for advanced hiking, scrambling, canyoneering, mountaineering, etc., although there will be shorter, easier events offered as well. The ultimate goal of the group is to have organizers around the southwest offer a variety of outdoor adventures. We are NOT tour guides or park rangers so you assume the same risk as if you were solo or with a group of friends. This meetup is free of charge but small donations are appreciated to help cover the meetup dues. We are group doing it for the love, no unnecessary incentives like cards, chips, pins, medallions, etc. There will be 3 questions you must answer so that we can assess if this group is what you are actually looking for before approval. That will take a day or two most of the time. This is what we will currently offer, with other activities to be added in the future:
HIKING/SCRAMBLING/PEAK BAGGING - Trail, off-trail, scrambling up to class 4 and low class 5.
BACKPACKING/CAMPING - Multi-day backpacks and/or campsite/dispersed camping for multi-day trips.
CANYONING - Technical and non-technical canyoneering trips.
RAPPELING - Non-canyoneering rappels like big walls and mountaineering.
EXPLORATORY - All the above for trips that are new to members that require route finding and other skills.
WORKSHOPS - Classes that will aid in the skills needed for some of these adventures.
Each event will have a description from the organizer on its difficulty and necessary equipment/skills needed. KNOW YOUR LIMITS!
Please answer the following questions upon signing up:
1. On a scale of 1 to 5, what is your "outdoors fitness" level?
2. What are 3 of your most epic outdoors adventures?
3. What is your home base?
Thank you for your time and hope to see you on a great adventure!
