Los Alamos Mountaineers
Monthly Program:
A Week on Roper’s Sierra High Route
Sunset in the High Sierras
The upcoming Mountaineers meeting on April 29th will feature a talk by Tim Rennick about a backpacking journey along a portion of Steve Roper's Sierra High Route (SHR).
In September 2024, Tim, along with Will, Tanja, Rick, Robin, and Guilhem, embarked on this demanding trek. The SHR, a 195-mile rugged alternative to the John Muir Trail, was designed by Steve Roper and traverses the heart of the Sierra Nevada Range. The route passes through Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, John Muir Wilderness, Ansel Adams Wilderness, and Yosemite National Park, showcasing some of the most breathtaking and remote landscapes in the region.
The group's week-long journey, covering a portion of the SHR, primarily took place in the John Muir Wilderness, where they navigated high alpine passes, remote granite basins, glacially carved valleys, pristine alpine lakes, and rugged cross-country terrain. They faced off-trail navigation, snow and talus fields, and steep ridgelines, all while experiencing the beauty and solitude of the High Sierras.
Tim grew up in Ohio, where his love for the outdoors was nurtured through scouting adventures and summers with family in Ontario, Canada. During these experiences, he developed a deep appreciation for hiking, camping, fishing, boating, and the thrill of exploring the wild. Since moving to New Mexico in 2022, Tim has become even more immersed in outdoor activities, now sharing them with a great community of friends. Beyond backpacking and wilderness trekking, he is an avid cyclist and has a growing interest in packrafting.
We welcome all to this Mountaineers’ meeting. This month we will meet on the fifth Tuesday of the month, April 29th, rather than the normal fourth Tuesday, because PEEC will focus on Earth day and the PEEC 25th anniversary on April 22nd (please join in the PEEC events that day). The social hour, with cookies, begins at 6:45 PM and the program at 7:00 PM. The presentation will be in-person at Los Alamos Nature Center; the slides will be live-streamed on Zoom. Registration is required to Zoom and recommended for in-person – we would love to see your smiling face. Registration details will be posted once they are available.
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Climbing School Update
Registration is Open for Los Alamos Mountaineers Climbing School
The Los Alamos Mountaineers are thrilled to announce that they will be offering a climbing school following last year’s successful revival of the school, in conjunction with Mountain Skills Rock Climbing Adventures of Taos. Details can be found on their climbing school page, here .
Mountain Skills, supported by Mountaineers volunteers, will teach rock climbing with a safety first attitude, including movement on rock, belaying, rappelling, cleaning protective gear, and removing anchors, with extensive on-rock practice. The course objective is such that successful students should develop the skills needed to participate in top roping, follow a leader in a multi-pitch trad climb, and be able to climb or descend moderate technical obstacles in unplanned backcountry situations using improvised gear (e.g. rope and carabiners). No previous rock climbing experience is required.
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Ongoing Events
Monthly Public Meeting and Presentation:
Normally held in the planetarium of the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC)
on the fourth Tuesday of each month.
Now offering hybrid meetings with in-person and zoom options! Sign up for each talk at the Monthly Program page.
Social at 6:45. Reports of recent and upcoming trips at 7:05pm. Program to follow.
Visitors are always welcome! Free refreshments!Past presentations, and occasionally future, can be viewed here
Future Club Speakers: In addition to frequent presentations by nationally known adventurers, we love to hear from our own members....not that some of you aren't in that group. A presentation gets you a free club membership and dinner at the restaurant of your choice in Los Alamos.
LAM Member Presentations Wanted! The LAM Board would like to encourage our members to provide more of our monthly presentations. We understand well that club members are an active lot, with a wealth of activities in their repertoire that can and have been inspiring to new and old members alike. We have often focused our monthly presentations on the elite of the outdoor adventure world, and perhaps created the undesired effect of squelching the voices of our own members who participate in frequent beautiful and exciting adventures of their own. Although our own activities are not always "world class", they are representative of what we "weekend" athletes can and do accomplish. We want many of our programs to inspire the "I can do that" attitude in our members, not merely entertain. Shock and awe may have their rightful place, but inspiration to participate and shine is our true goal.
Trip Leaders: Post your trip by logging in and then going here. If you do not have an account, contact the webmaster. For overnight trips, please ensure that membership waivers for participants are current and recorded by the club Membership Chairperson prior to your trip. Non-members may participate in day trips. All club sponsored trips require the trip waiver. After the trip, please scan and email a PDF of the waiver to the Trip Coordinator.
Trip Leader Awards: The club will recognize trip leaders as described here.
Borrow Equipment: We have a limited amount of mountaineering equipment for loan (e.g., avalanche transceivers). Contact our Equipment Manager listed on this page.
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