Totality in Texas - Sierra Club Eclipse Outing
TOTALITY IN TEXAS Sierra Club TRIP -The Sun, Moon & Texas Skies Above Planet Earth
Local Student Joins Chapter Hike Through Bolsa Chica Preserve
We all need nature.
The Sierra Club creates opportunities for everyone to experience the transformative power of the outdoors. Getting out into nature improves our mental, physical and social health and encourages us to take an active role in protecting and preserving the environment—this is especially true for our young people.
Check out the Angeles Lower Peaks Committee
The Lower Peaks Committee and LPC list have been around for some time, since the 1990s. It was the effort of several Hundred Peaks hikers some of who lived in Orange County. They liked to hike the peaks in the Santa Ana Mountains most of which were not on the Hundred Peaks list (which listed peaks 5,000’ or higher). So, they got together and began to compile a list of peaks under 5,000’.
The Sierra Peaks Section
Founded in 1955, the Sierra Peaks Section (SPS) offered its first official trip May 5-6, 1956, to Deer Mountain in the Southern Sierra. Membership in the section quickly grew from eighteen founders to 176 by 1960, and the SPS was by then leading twenty-five trips every summer. As Southern Sierra said at the time, it was “by far” the most active section. Our renowned founding member Barbara Lilley is still climbing peaks, and two others are still alive, possibly three more whose whereabouts are unknown.
Check out the Angeles 20s and 30s Section
The 20s and 30s Section is a group of 20 and 30 somethings interested in meeting new friends in the greater Los Angeles area while enjoying the outdoors through hiking, camping, backpacking, beach-combing, playing volleyball and other fun experiences. We like to have fun, but we also want to stay safe. For that reason, each hike is reviewed by our organization before posting to make sure there are at least two qualified volunteer leaders trained in CPR and basic First Aid are involved.
Of Desert Peaks Not Normally Climbed in Summer
DPS Group hikes Tin Mountain, 1985 (Wynne Benti pictured third from right)
Desert Hiking 101 - How to be Prepared
Spring is upon us and it (along with close competitors Fall and Winter) is a perfect time to strike out into the deserts of Southern California. Spring is the time to catch Instagram-worthy flowering cacti and plants that only strut their stuff after a few winter storms and the desert is always ready to provide stunning sunsets full of orange and red.
Featured Entity: Leadership Training Committee (LTC)
In the early 1970’s, Angeles Chapter outings folks saw a need to standardize training and safety management for its hugely popular - and growing - outings program. The result was a first in the Sierra Club: a Leadership Training Committee (LTC), to train candidates, and a Safety Committee to develop policies, grant ratings to leaders and investigate incidents.
