After you've been hiking for a while and have become familiar with some of the trails, you may feel eager to share your enjoyment of the outdoors with others as a Sierra Club Outings Leader. The Tahoe Area Group of the Toiyabe Chapter of the Sierra Club provides the perfect opportunity!

The benefits of hiking with Sierra Club are our knowledge of local flora, fauna and issues, our free training, support, insurance, and the strong wildlife protection ethics shared by Sierra Club and our members.

Take that first step and attend an Leadership Training Program Seminar! The Tahoe Area Group (TAG) is located in the Lake Tahoe basin and the greater Truckee River watershed above the California/Nevada state line, including the municipalities of South Lake Tahoe, Tahoe City, and Truckee, California, and Stateline and Incline Village in Nevada and is dedicated to introducing members and non-members to the wonders of nature through their Outings and Events programs.

TAG is recruiting outdoor hikers to be trained, supported and lead hikes. TAG is also recruiting an Outings Coordinator. The Outings Coordinator would develop hike leaders and make sure everyone is up to date on their first aid and Sierra Club Outing Leader's trainings. They would lead hikes as well.

What Are The Qualities Needed For Leadership? Judgment, inspiration, awareness and current membership in the Sierra Club are the most important qualities in a leader. Fitness level, gender, skin color, sexual orientation, religion, income and educational level do not matter. We welcome and encourage people of all ages and from all backgrounds to become outings leaders! The more diverse our leaders are, the more diverse are the outings we can offer!

Why Be A Sierra Club Leader? The leadership skills -- and confidence -- that you develop have been known to extend beyond hiking into professional and personal lives. Leading an outing means that you can set the destination, the participants and the pace. Without leaders, our Schedule of Activities outings would not exist.

If you want to join TAG in their work to move the needle forward in protecting the precious National treasure, Lake Tahoe contact at Tahoegroupsierraclub@gmail.com.