June 6: Mt. Saint Helena Adopt-A-Crag Stewardship Day Location: Mt. Saint Helena, Robert Lewis Stevenson State Park, Calistoga, CA Date & Time: Saturday, June 6, 2026 from 9AM – 1 PM The Bay Area Climbers Coalition, the Rock Ice & Mountain Club and Napa Valley State Parks are teaming up on June 6 for an Adopt-A-Crag cleanup event on Mt. Saint Helena in Robert Louis Stevenson State Park near Calistoga. The event runs from 9AM through 1PM. Calistoga Roastery will provide coffee and Calmart will provide lunch. After the cleanup, we plan on climbing and socializing. To volunteer for this event sign up through the QR code or through this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1FsomdcDWcv5z5omvxEbie94v3YC7lKSsFcWLL8MdPAY/viewform?edit_requested=true

June 2: Steve Wheeler – Mistakes We Keep Secret Location: Victory House, Club 300 Room at the Epicenter, 3215 Coffey Lane, Santa Rosa Date and Time: Tuesday, June 2, 2026 @ 6:30 PM Steve Wheeler will be sharing personal accidents and close calls in the mountains which led to lessons learned (or relearned). The hope is to emphasize basic safety practices and avoid getting complacent, overconfident, or too emotional. We will also leave time for others to share their own experiences.

May 5 – Climbing Meet-Up at Session Climbing Location: Session Climbing, 965 S A St, Santa Rosa, CA 95404 Date & Time: Tuesday, May 65, 2026 from 6 – 9 PM We are mixing it up for our May General Meeting by having a climbing meet-up at Session Climbing in Santa Rosa, CA. Session is offering a discount on their day pass entry for Rock Ice & Mountain Club members including rental gear. If you are not a club member, you can sign up during the meet-up. There are many benefits of being a Rock Ice & Mountain Club member, including a single day pass entry to Session Climbing. We plan to meet between 6 – 9 PM. If you are not interested in climbing or a work out, please still feel free to attend as it will be a social event as well.

April 7: Social Gathering at Epicenter Location: Victory House, Club 300 Room at the Epicenter, 3215 Coffey Lane, Santa Rosa Date and Time: Tuesday, April 7, 2026 @ 6:30 PM Since we were unalbe to secure a presenter for our April monthly general meeting, we have decided to just have a social gathering.  We have rented the private bowling lanes next to our meeting room from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.  This social gathering is open to everyone and we encourage you to arrive as early as 6:30pm and order a meal and drinks from Victory House.  This would also be a great time to explore all that Epicenter has to offer.

Katie Pedgrift – Live To Tell Location: Victory House, Club 300 Room at the Epicenter, 3215 Coffey Lane, Santa Rosa Date and Time: Tuesday, March 3, 2026 @ 7:30 PM (Social hour at 6:30) Live to Tell is a short film created by Katie Pedgrift about her dad, Jim Pedgrift. Jim has been a Rock Ice & Mountain Club member for over thirty years and has been an avid outdoorsman throughout his life. Live to Tell is his daughter’s observations about how a man can thrive in the dangerous outdoors and, well… Live to Tell. The film was selected to show at the Tahoe Adventure Film Festival this year. Katie and Jim will share it on and talk about how it was developed.

Roman Cho – Chasing a Ghost in Patagonia Location: Victory House, Club 300 Room at the Epicenter, 3215 Coffey Lane, Santa Rosa Date and Time: Tuesday, February 3, 2026 @ 7:30 PM (Social hour at 6:30) Roman Cho will discuss his trip to Patagonia bikepacking the length of the Carretera Austral and share portraits of people he met along the way and stories from his travels.

The Rock Ice & Mountain Club would like to extend a Happy Holidays to everyone. We have decided to cancel our general meeting on January 6, 2026. We hope you take this time to be with friends and family and recover from the holiday season.

Location: Victory House, Club 300 Room at the Epicenter, 3215 Coffey Lane, Santa Rosa Date and Time: Tuesday, December 2, 2025 @ 7:30 PM (Social hour at 6:30) Steve Curtis, the consummate international globe trotter to climbing areas great and small, will share his recent travels to Israel in 2023 and Malawi-Ethiopia in 2024. Israel was not a climbing trip. However, a climber climbs when there is overhanging rock, and Israel has overhanging limestone walls to 150 ft., usually associated with caves that hosted prehistoric human and livestock habitation. Malawi-Ethiopia was a recommended climbing trip. Addis Ababa has a decent cliff 10 miles outside of town. Malawi has hundreds of granite walls including one at 3,500 feet tall whose distinguishing feature was the presence of baboons throwing dirt down on us while climbing.

November 4: Jerry Dodrill – A Life in the Landscape Location: Victory House, Club 300 Room at the Epicenter, 3215 Coffey Lane, Santa Rosa Date and Time: Tuesday, November 4, 2025 @ 7:30 PM (Social hour at 6:30) Jerry Dodrill shares his personal story and images from an adventurous life climbing, exploring and photographing around the world. A sixth generation California native who grew up camping with grandparents in the Sierra Nevada, he began rock climbing in 1987 at fourteen years old. By the late ‘90s he had climbed the major walls in Yosemite, the Sierra 14ers, peaks in South America and across the American West. A passion for first ascents led him to establish many new routes in the North Bay, Mt. St. Helena, Sonora Pass, and the High Sierra, in addition to international expeditions. He was assistant to legendary adventure photographer Galen Rowell and has worked alongside some of the top American landscape photographers of our time. After twenty five years committed to his craft, Jerry has emerged as a prominent nature and conservation photographer, educator, and expedition guide for Visionary Wild and The Ansel Adams Gallery. When not guiding clients to Greenland, Central Asia or other destinations, he lives on the … READ MORE

October 7: Social Gathering at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, Kenwood, CA Location: Group Campsite at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, Kenwood, CA Date & Time: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 starting @ 5:00 PM We plan to have a social gathering at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park in Kenwood at the group campsite. There are bouldering and rope climbing opportunities in the park as well as hiking and biking. We plan to have a BBQ (bring your own food and drinks) and the opportunity to camp out Tuesday night. We should have daylight to climb until about 7:00 PM. The park is located at 2605 Adobe Canyon Road in Kenwood. The group campsite is located at the end of the road at the observatory.