Peter Grubb but in winter   Club’s mountain huts need helping hands The Sierra Club owns and operates four backcountry huts in the Donner Summit/Lake Tahoe area for cross-country skiers and snowshoers during winter months. Each September and October, weekend work parties of volunteers help prepare the huts for another season. This year, as always, stocking the cabins with firewood is the top priority. But there are other projects ranging from cleaning windows to posting new signs that give everyone a chance to participate. A special project at Peter Grubb Hut will be starting construction of a new outhouse. We are also hoping to install solar electric lighting at Peter Grubb, the oldest and most popular of the huts. Bradley and Ludlow Huts can be reached via forest roads, but Peter Grubb and Benson require a short backpack. The Club provides food, tools, and supplies; you will need overnight camping gear, a healthy attitude toward manual labor, and a desire for fresh mountain air mixed with fall colors and (maybe) a touch of frost in the morning. A Friday night dinner and Saturday breakfast at the Club’s Clair Tappaan Lodge in Norden are available at no cost to volunteers heading out for that weekend’s work party. No previous work party experience is required. In fact, many participants don’t even ski or snowshoe; they just like the idea of getting outdoors and contributing to a good cause. For more information about work parties (or winter use of the huts) contact Dick Simpson (650-494-9272, or rsimpson@stanford.edu). The tentative schedule for work parties is: > Sept 7- 8: Benson Hut > Sept 14-15: Peter Grubb Hut > Sept 21-22: Peter Grubb Hut > Sept 28-29: Peter Grubb Hut > Oct 5- 6: Ludlow Hut > Oct 12-13: Bradley Hut > Oct 19-20: To be determined > Oct 26-27: To be determined [ top of page ]

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