We Have A New Meeting Location
The Rock Ice & Mountain Club is very excited to announce that we have a new general meeting location. We will be holding our monthly general meeting at the Epicenter Sports and Entertainment facility located at 3215 Coffey Lane in Santa Rosa. This is an incredible facility with a variety of fun activities for the entire family. More importantly, they have a great conference room at the Victory House where we will have our general meetings. The Victory House has a full bar and menu where we can order food and drinks for the meeting.
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Who We Are
The Rock Ice & Mountain Club serves the climbing and outdoor community of the North San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. We offer a chance to meet like minded people and get inspired by top notch presentations. Our monthly meetings are free to the general public.
Shows have included accounts of climbing in Nepal, Tibet, Russia, the Sierra Nevada, Europe and Bhutan. The club has organized trips in Sonoma County, the Sierras, the Cascades, as well as other climbing areas including Red Rocks, Joshua Tree, and Smith Rock.
There are Club meetings on the first Tuesday of every month at 7:30pm at the Epicenter Sports and Entertainment Center located at 3215 Coffey Lane in Santa Rosa. At each meeting there is a raffle, a multimedia presentation, and an opportunity to mix with other climbers from the area.
April 2: Brian Astell – Fun, Fast, Safe, Smooth
March 21, 2024
Brian Astell – Fun, Fast, Safe, Smooth Location: Victory House, Club 300 Room at the Epicenter, 3125 Coffey Lane, Santa Rosa Date & Time: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 @ 7:30 PM (Social hour at 6:30) Brian Astell is a professional cyclist and Specialized ambassador who runs mountain biking camps and skills clinics through his business, TrailWorks. Brian has 18 years of experience competing in the disciplines of cross country, enduro, cyclocross and Xterra. He partners with Oregon and Northern California high school and middle school mountain bike teams, organizes women’s and kids mountain bike skills clinic events, and travels to beautiful locations throughout the country to mountain bike and help riders elevate their skills. Brian’s biggest passion is working within the mountain biking community to promote growth and equity by providing many fun mountain biking skills events as well as in partnership with some of the amazing organizations we have here in the Northern California area.
March 5 – EC Joe: Rites of Passage – The Legacy of Adventure Climbing in the Sierra Nevada
February 15, 2024
EC Joe: Rites of Passage – The Legacy of Adventure Climbing in the Sierra Nevada Location: Victory House, Club 300 Room at the Epicenter, 3125 Coffey Lane, Santa Rosa Date & Time: Tuesday, March 5, 2024 @ 7:30 PM (Social hour at 6:30) Rock climbing throughout the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California has been going about quietly for well over a century. The exploits of its pioneers into this beautiful mountain range have been infrequently documented in a few books, alpine journals, and magazines. The tales of these climbers in this area remain elusive in comparison to more mainstream places like Yosemite. Rites of Passage is a collection of those experiences written by a few aficionados of the Southern Sierra who have graciously shared their adventures for this book. Come join the campfire, kick back and indulge in the legacy of exploration, discovery, and adventure. Eddie, “E.C.” Joe, a native of Bakersfield started climbing in the Southern Sierra in 1974, and spent most of his free time exploring new climbing opportunities in the scattered locations in and around the Kern Canyon and beyond. He has established many first ascents and authored the Stonemasher Rock Climbing Guide to Kern Slabs … READ MORE
March 1: Tahoe Adventure Film Festival Road Tour – Mystic Theatre, Petaluma
January 17, 2024