Resource Links
Clubs and Organizations
California Mountaineering Club: Offering mountaineering trips year round.
Las Vegas Mountaineering Club: Offering rock climbing outings and training courses.
Outdoors Club: Nationwide internet based club.
Southern California Mountaineering Association: Rock climbing outings and courses
Wilderness Travel Course (WTC): Sierra Club's Southern California based 10-week entry level outdoor skills course.
Gear and Equipment
Adventure 16: Outdoor and travel gear specialists. 7 Southern California locations plus mail order.
Sierra Highway Conditions
California Highways 395 / 168 / 203 / 120: Click the link or call (800) 427-7623, (916) 445-7623 from outside CA.
Nevada Highways: Click the link or call 511 within Nevada.
Sponsors
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Atwater-Carey First Aid Kits
Costa Sunglasses
Suunto Wristtop Computers
Photography
Mount Whitney Photo
Weather Links
Eastern Sierra
Western Sierra
Joshua Tree National Park
Current Temperatures in the Sierra
Cottonwood Lakes 10,150', 3093M
Crabtree Meadow 10,700'. 3261M
Upper Tyndall Creek 11,400', 3474M
Sawmill 10,200', 3108M
South Lake 9600', 2926M
Bishop Pass 11,200', 3413M
Rock Creek Lakes 10,000', 3048M
Ellery Lake 9645', 2939M
Tioga Pass Entry Station 9945', 3031M
Tuolumne Meadows 9200', 2804M
Virginia Lakes Ridge 9300', 2834M