Outings

The comeback year!   After an interrupted 2020 and a skipped 2021, our beloved WTC program returned in 2022 welcoming an excited class of outdoor enthusiasts.     WTC leader and active HPS member, Matt Kraii lead a...

What sites or experiences come to mind when you think of “Downtown LA”?  For me, it has been hotels and conventions and getting lost driving in a maze of freeway ramps and one-way streets.  That said, I have recently signed on...

West Hollywood City Council unanimously passes single-use plastic ban ordinance! On January 18, 2021 representatives from the Sierra Club, Angeles Chapter Sustainability Committee provided public comment in support of the single-use plastic ban...

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...

  On Saturday, November 13, Griffith Park celebrates its 125th birthday. There will be a party, and all of us are invited.       The L.A. Conservancy, in partnership with the City’s Department of Recreation and Parks,...

Thank you to all the volunteers who showed up for this year's National Public Lands Day! I joined our volunteers this Saturday at Peter Strauss Ranch. This is a National Park Service site, which we partner with to help maintain the trails....

Since 1989, the Angeles Chapter’s Wilderness Travel Course (WTC) has helped thousands of hikers build outdoor skills and gain new friendships and personal growth on inspiring adventures. With a core curriculum that includes navigation, rock...

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...

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...

DPS Group hikes Tin Mountain, 1985 (Wynne Benti pictured third from right) Brief History of the Desert Peaks Section The year Los Angeles hosted the Summer Olympics, I was a designer and working on an ad for Hansen’s Naturals (now...