Hiking & Backpacking: guides, shops and venues

Guide services, gear shops and venues in the Far West and Sierra, A to Z. Listed from their public websites; they don't pay to be here and are never mixed into the communities.

All of the Far West and Sierra · just Reno and Lake Tahoe · all regions · change

• Great Basin Outdoor Schoolguide service · Day hikes · Reno

  Reno nonprofit teaching outdoor science since 1998 through school field trips, day and overnight camps, SnowSchool and monthly family guided hikes.

• MT Sobekguide service · Backpacking · Nationwide trips (based in Emeryville, CA)

  Guided small-group hiking, trekking and rafting trips since 1969, including national park and river trips across the United States.

• Trail Mavensguide service · Backpacking · San Francisco, CAWomen

  Women's outdoor trips and skills courses aimed at beginners, based in the Bay Area.