Official Brochure Trip #: 12125A

Start: 4 PM, Sunday, July 22, 2012
End:   2 PM, Saturday, July 28, 2012

Trip Followup NEW

Pictures
Do your evaluations at https://www.sierraclub.org/outings/national/tripeval.asp - Trip # 12125A
Itinerary and Map
Completion Certificates are in the mail

Correspondence:
Welcome message.
February Status update.
Bulletin1 (Equipment List and The Four Major Pieces of Equipment)
Bulletin2
Food Question
Roster - 6/16/12 (Not posted here for privacy - Send me a message for another copy)
Bulletin3 - More equipment notes (utensils)
Bulletin4 - Backpacker exercises
Bulletin5 - Links to equipment guides - Water filters
Bulletin6 - Backpacker - Top Five Gear Pro Q&As;
FAQs - Question from current and past trips
Bulletin7 - Clair Tappaan Lodge logistics
Bulletin8 - Weather, Sun protection, Dehydration
Trailhead Directions and map
Post-Trip
Bulletin9 - Post Trip follow up. Lightning, What is a lake, ...
Bulletin10 - Post Trip follow up. Evaluations, pictures, trip summary, ...

Contents: Contacts | Weather | Maps | Lodge Information and directions | Backpacking Information | Books | Sierra Club Outings Reference

Contacts:

Proposed Trip
As the trip brochure says we will go out twice once for one night and again for two nights.

Our planned campsights have changed the last two years because of snow.
You should be prepared for a 5 mile hike with 1,000 ft of elevation gain from
7,000 to 8,000 ft. carrying 30-35 pounds (maximum of 20-25 pounds of personal gear,
plus shared commissary of approximately 5-10 pounds).
We try to average 1.5 MPH including breaks.


Weather: The average high for July is 78° and
   the average low is 37°.  The record low for July is 24°.

   Dressing in layers is the best way to prepare for the 30° swing.
   The Weather Channel more at the donner page.
  

Maps: 
Donner Summit Area

Clair Tappaan Lodge (CTL) information and directions
  Sleeping Accommodations
  Directions to the lodge
Transportation from Reno at donsnotes.com/ctl/index.html#transportation
  Transportation from Reno
  Transportation from San Francisco

Donner Area Activities and Tahoe Information
(In case you come a day early or stay a few extra days)

Emergency contacts in the Donner Tahoe area
 
Previous Trips  2010,  2011

Other Backpacking Information:
Gear Rental

REI Expert Advice:
   Backpacking for Beginners 
   Camping & Hiking
 Don's Hiking and Camping advice web page
  General Equipment List (Future trip correspondence may have an updated list)
Useful Information from the Sierra Club Knapsack committee (www.knapsack.org) 
     (Wilderness medical techniques, Water treatment, Getting in shape, ...)
 Equipment List at SierraWild.gov

Sierra Club Outings Reference:
The following links to useful information on the Sierra Club Web site was included in the approval form page.

• Reservation & Cancellation Policy
• Travel Insurance
• Carpooling
  "Due to insurance regulations, all transportation to the lodge, trailheads, or other activities is the responsibility of each trip member. Leaders are unable to arrange carpools for participants. If you wish to carpool, a roster of other trip members will be provided before the trip. You will need to share cars to get to the trailheads."
• Liability Release and Assumption of Risk
• Medical Issues
• Participant Approval
• Standard Trip Equipment
• Trip Feedback
• Seller of Travel Disclosure
• forms: Medical | Liability Release | Approval Form