A 1931 climb in the High Sierra with famed mountaineer Norman Clyde.

SIERRA CLUB ANGELES CHAPTER CENTENNIAL
1911-2011

On November 1, 1911, 75 Sierra Club members gathered in downtown Los Angeles to sign a petition calling for the creation of a "Southern California Section," the first local chapter in the history of the organization that John Muir founded in San Francisco in 1892.

Since then, the Angeles Chapter has grown to over 41,000 members and activists in Los Angeles and Orange Counties who are still following Muir's direction to "make the mountains glad" by taking thousands of people each year into our local mountains and forests and inspiring them to take action to protect these lands from threats from unfriendly politicians, commercial developers, roads, and utility companies.

To learn more about the Angeles Chapter and its 100-year history, click here.

For a selection of keepsake Centennial merchandise, click here.

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