Forever Climbing the Range of Light...

The Sierra Peaks Section is an Outings Section of the Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club that
explores, enjoys, preserves, and stimulates interest in climbing in the Sierra Nevada.
The Section offers a varied schedule of climbing activities during the climbing season
ranging from introductory trips for beginning climbers and Wilderness Training Course graduates
to multi-day backpacks that may require extensive mountaineering skills in rock and snow climbing. The Section will be many Outings or co-sponsored Outings during the balance of the 2007 Sierra Nevada climbing season. You are encouraged to participate in one or more of the outings,
enjoy the mountains, make new friends and climb with old friends.

Ron Kauk Slide Show 

Tuesday, May 13th, 7:30pm.  Please mark your calendar with this date. 

Ron Kauk will be giving a joint California Mountaineering Club/SCMA slide show in Griffith Park.  Ron is one of the foremost rock climbers of our times.  After the show, there be an opportunity for dialogue between the audience and Ron.  There is no charge for parking or the show. Ranger Headquarters Auditorium , Griffith Park Ranger Headquarters Auditorium in Griffith Park 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90027

The Outings Schedule for 2008 which contains many Outings sponsored or co-sponsored by the Sierra Peaks Section is available. Please go to the Outings page on this
Website to check for newly posted Outings.

A view of the east face of Banner Peak (12,945') from Thousand Island Lake. This peak is located in the Ritter Range of the central Sierra Nevada. A discussion of climbing routes can be found on pages 370 through 373 of The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes and Trails, 2nd Edition by SPS member R. J. Secor. This peak is commonly approached from Agnew Meadows via the Minarets Summit Road from Mammoth Lakes, CA. Picture taken by Reiner Stenzel, SPS member in the summer of 2005. In this photograph the summit of Mount Ritter (13,157') lies directly behind Banner Peak. The south shoulder of Mount Ritter can be seen to the immediate left of the summit of Banner Peak. On extreme right edge of the photograph is the shoulder of Mount Davis (12,311').

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