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 (3)
See all- Evening Conditioning Hike -- Jones CreekJones-Whites Creek Trailhead, Reno, NV
Hiking the Jones Creek Trail up to the Mount Rose Wilderness summit overlook.
Discover trails and learn about nature and geology around the Truckee Meadows.
Get in shape after work with a hike of 5 miles at a brisk pace.
Elevation gain up to 1500 ft. Moderately Strenuous. DL (Dogs limited).
Definitely not a beginner's hike!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: Cris G.
Co-Leader: Ridge Walker - Programs on the Porch -- Bowers MansionBowers Mansion, New Washoe City, NV
Walk around the shady and historical grounds of Bowers Mansion, followed afterwards with a free bluegrass concert by one of our local bands: Coyote Crossing.
Bring lawn chairs and a picnic. Meet in the south parking lot, just beyond the mansion.
Hike is 1 mile at a moderate pace. Elevation gain up to 200 ft. Easy.
ND (No Dogs, park rules.)
Info: Programs on the Porch website. ... NNBA Website.For the Sierra Club hike, we ask you to sign our liability waiver at the meeting place 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: Ridge Walker
Co-Leader: Rosie W. - Evening Conditioning Hike -- High Country RambleAtoma Road, Nevada, NV
Beat the heat by hiking high in the mountains this evening.
Walking through Red Fir and Lodgepole forest and visiting the Ancient Washoe Pine.
We will be meeting at the Atoma Trailhead, across the highway from Mt. Rose Ski area.
Hiking at 8000 feet, so come prepared for temperatures in the 60's.
Moderate difficulty: 4 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/3zN1Jl0
If you would like to carpool, meet at 5:00p at Starbucks in the Galena Junction Shopping Center, 18250 Wedge Pkwy, Reno.
Leader: Ridge Walker
Co-leader: TBA
