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Forever Climbing the Range of Light... |
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The Sierra Peaks Section is an Outings Section of the Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club that explores, enjoys, preserves, and stimulates interest in climbing and hiking up peaks in the Sierra Nevada. The Section offers a varied schedule of activities during the climbing season ranging from introductory trips for beginning climbers and graduates of the Wilderness Travel Course to multi-day backpacks that may require extensive mountaineering skills in rock and snow climbing. The Section sponsors many Outings or co-sponsored Outings during the 2011 Sierra Nevada climbing season. You are encouraged to participate in one or more of the outings, enjoy the mountains, make new friends and to climb with old friends.
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The SPS Management Committee is proud to present an evening with Bob Burd! Bob on Aperture Peak: on Devil’s Crag: The Sierra Challenge is an annual series of ten consecutive dayhikes to some of the most challenging peaks in the Sierra Nevada, most often drawn from the Sierra Club’s SPS Peaks List. The outings average around 18 miles of hiking/climbing and 5,000ft of gain. In the 11 years the event has been held, nearly 100 SPS peaks have been climbed by the participants from the various trailheads along the Eastern Sierra. More than 200 individuals of all abilities have participated in the event over the years, some for a single day, others returning year after year for new challenges and to renew friendships. All have come away with a greater appreciation for the spectacular grandeur that is the Range of Light. The event will be held Sunday, January 29 at The Proud Bird Restaurant at 11022 Aviation Blvd., Los Angeles. Festivities kick off at 5:30 with a no host bar, followed at 7 by dinner. Complimentary wine will be served at each table; dinner choices are beef, fish or pasta. Cost is $35 per person. Click for flyer and ticket order form at http://angeles.sierraclub.org/sps/Banquet%202012b.pdf
New Members! Jack Kieffer and Lisa Miyake have joined the SPS! |
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Congratulations to our new SPS List Finishers! Quadruple List Finish on San Joaquin Mtn, Saturday October 1st, 2011 Louise Wholey, Chris Libby, John Hooper and Greg Gerlach completed the SPS list this summer. We had a celebratory list finish dayhike climb for all 4 list finishers on San Joaquin Mtn on Oct 1. Following the climb we had a grand potluck party at John's place nearby. Photo (by Kathy Rich) on the summit: rear: Daryn Dodge, Doug Mantle, John Hooper, Louise Wholey, Chris Libby; front: Bob Suzuki, Ron Hudson, Greg Gerlach -- all SPS list finishers.
Note! Pilot Knob (south) has been suspended from the SPS list because of access and private property issues. This has been reflected in the SPS list available on this web site.
To all Leaders: Send your trips to Barbee & Larry Tidball (lbtidball@verizon.net) Leaders, you can plan and submit your trips for web publication anytime, although please allow time for reviews and publication. Thanks for planning a busy and fabulous summer, climbing in the Sierra. Click to see letter to leaders. Spring and early summer are some of the best climbing in the Sierra - no rubble heaps and the chance of fun downhill glissades.
Early Summer trips may be difficult to plan - with weather and snow conditions being unknown this far in advance. Please feel free to schedule a trip and the hope it will work out - we'll be happy to work with you if dates and even location needs to be changed when you know more.
And for those leaders who don't want to plan far in advance - don't worry; we are happy to process trips for web publication at any time. Approval can be very quick. However, please remember that web publication still requires that we submit mountaineering applications (for restricted trips) and have safety committee review.
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Photo: Red and White Mountain, in the High Sierra south of Mammoth Lakes, California. Climbing routes for this and the Sierra peaks are found in "The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes and Trails", 3rd Edition by SPS member R. J. Secor. Photo by Ron Hudson, SPS Webmaster. |
ur invitation to Bob is in recognition of all that he has accomplished with the Sierra Challenge and for finishing the Sierra Peaks list by summitting every peak as a day hike from the trailhead -and in the process promoting knowledge of the SPS. He will present an entertaining mix of peak experiences, anecdotes and extreme adventures, with photos of the many trips, including many friends with whom he has shared these unequalled hikes and ascents. 
