Los Alamos Mountaineers
Monthly Program:
Trekking in Western China
The July 28 Mountaineers meeting will feature a talk by Oliva Li entitled “Trekking in Western China: Tibet’s Kama Valley and Sichuan’s Holy Mountains.”
Olivia will describe her high-elevation camping trek through the spectacular Kama Valley, located on the east side of Mount Everest in Tibet. Traveling with a supported group, she journeyed through a remote valley surrounded by towering Himalayan peaks, including Mount Everest, Makalu, Lhotse, and Chomolönzo. Renowned for its lush forests, alpine meadows, and vibrant wildflowers—especially rhododendrons in spring—the trek ranges in elevation from 14,000 to 17,300 feet.
She will also share highlights from trekking in the sacred mountain landscapes of western Sichuan, including the scenic Yading Nature Reserve and Mount Gongga.
Her presentation will include cultural highlights from her travels, including visits to the iconic Potala Palace and the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.
Olivia lives in Los Alamos and retired after more than 25 years of service with Los Alamos County. She began hiking and backpacking alongside her children through their Boy Scout troop and has spent the past decade actively pursuing outdoor adventures both close to home and abroad. Since retiring in 2025, she has devoted even more time to exploring hiking destinations around the world. When at home in Los Alamos, she continues to hike, backpack, and snowshoe whenever possible.
We welcome all to this Mountaineers’ meeting on the regular fourth Tuesday of the month. 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 are available at https://peecla.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/peecla/event.jsp?event=68345&.
Jampelyang, the 5,958-meter southern peak of the Three Holy Mountains, in the southwest of Sichuan Province. Representing the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, this sacred snow-capped peak is known for its striking pyramid-like shape and steep, glacier-fed slopes.
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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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