Lead outings with your local Sierra Club chapter and help connect your community with nature, local conservation issues, and one another. From scenic hikes and paddling trips to birding walks and camping, Chapter Outings help people experience nature close to home. Whether you want to introduce beginners to hiking, organize family-friendly adventures, or create welcoming spaces for communities like LGBTQ+ participants, you have the flexibility to lead the outings you're most excited about. Reach out to your local chapter to begin your leadership journey.

As a Sierra Club National Outings leader, you'll guide participants through awe-inspiring landscapes, diverse ecosystems, and vibrant cultures across the country and around the world, while connecting them to local conservation issues. Whether you lead a backpacking, paddling, service, basecamp, or lodge-based adventure, you'll design meaningful experiences that inspire curiosity, foster stewardship, and create lasting connections to both people and place. Learn more and get started!

Create restorative outdoor experiences for fellow veterans, service members, and their families and help participants find joy in the outdoors while building community together. We know that nature helps veterans heal from both visible and invisible wounds while in addition to improving mental health as they transition from military life to civilian life. As a leader, you have the freedom to design outings around your own passions, such as backpacking, paddling, or climbing, to create a meaningful event that will both engage and inspire. Learn more about Military Outdoors.

If you are interested in advancing  outdoor equity by connecting young people to meaningful and educational experiences outdoors, leading with Inspiring Connections Outdoors may be the perfect fit for you. Contact your local ICO Group to get started. Leading youth requires special considerations are needed for activities including minors under the age of 18. Youth unaccompanied by their parents and participating in Sierra Club activities demand special attention to particular state and federal laws, waivers and parental consent forms, transportation, child-abuse training, and background checks for leaders. The Sierra Club maintains particular protocols for managing youth that affect planning, leadership, and treatment of minors throughout the Club for the enhanced safety of all.