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Welcome to the Santa Cruz group of the Ventana Chapter Sierra Club! Here you will find a listing of some of the Santa Cruz Group outings and meetings, as well as opportunities to engage with the broader environmental/social justice/sustainability community in Santa Cruz. We welcome everyone to participate and encourage all to become members on our website at http://www.sierraclub.org/. To see our future events, click here. The current liability waiver may be found here .
ABOUT THE SIERRA CLUB:
John Muir co-founded the Sierra Club in 1892 to share his love of nature. Since then, the Club has matured into the nation's largest and most influential environmental organization. The Club’s mission is to explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth; to practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's resources; and to educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the environment.
The Ventana Chapter serves Santa Cruz and Monterey counties of central California and hosts numerous outings, conservation actions, and ways to get involved. The Santa Cruz Group serves Sierra Club members in Santa Cruz County and was originally formed in 1966 as part of the Loma Prieta Chapter. In October 1974, the Santa Cruz Group became part of the Ventana Chapter. Information about the Santa Cruz Group is on our web site at http://ventana.sierraclub.org/santacruz/
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Big Basin Creeping Forest LoopBig Basin Redwoods State Park (Headquarters), Boulder Creek, CA
Synopsis: Join Steve Bakaley and Cynthia Denny on a relatively leisurely paced saunter in Big Basin. We'll start with a docent-led walk around the Redwood Trail to see what's become of some of the largest trees in the park. From the Redwood Trail we'll make a counter clockwise loop consisting of the Skyline-to-the Sea Trail, the Creeping Forest Trail, and the Dool Trail.
Distance: The Redwood Trail is 0.6 miles and the Creeping Forest Loop is 3 miles. Lunch will be in a shady spot on Creeping Forest.
Elevation Gain: Approximately 500 feet
Meet: 10:30am at the Redwood Trail Head. The docent-led walk will start at approximately 11am
Important Info: You must get a day use reservation with the park HERE before you register for this hike. The latest Park Information can be found HERE. If all reservations are taken and you elect to use the shuttle, note that it doesn't start running until 11:00 and you will likely miss the docent-led portion. If you take the shuttle and miss us, you have the options of either trying to intersect us on the Redwood Loop or waiting at the Redwood Trail Head until we finish. We'll do a quick check for late-comers at the Redwood Trail Head and then go to the junction with the Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail to start the second portion of the hike
Level: Moderate(1A)
Cost: $2 Parking reservation fee and $6 day use fee very limited first come first served parking spaces may be available for $10 on a non reservation basis
Bring: Lunch, liquids, weather-appropriate clothing. No potable water is available in the park except prefilled aluminum bottles of water for sale at the entrance kiosk for $3
Signup Restrictions: You must successfully reserve a parking space with the park before signing up for this hike or you must carpool with someone who has a parking reservation.
Directions: Take Ca 9 north from Felton to Ca 236 in downtown Boulder Creek, Go left on Ca 236 to the park headquarters kiosk past the shuttle bus parking lot. If carpooling from Pasatiempo Park N Ride, get on Ca 17 north to Mt Hermon Rd and take Mt Hermon until it ends at Graham Hill Rd. Go right on Graham Hill Rd to Ca 9 and follow the directions in the first sentence of this paragraph.
Carpool: I recommend Pasatiempo Park N Ride just west of the Inn at Pasatiempo Inn . Allow One hour and ten minutes to get to the Big Basin Headquarters kiosk and a few minutes extra to check in.
Note: Carpool transportation is at the sole risk of the participants.
Cancellation Policy: Rain or excessive heat cancels
