Welcome to the Sierra State Parks Foundation, aka SSPF!

The Olympic Heritage Celebration as a roaring success. A big shout out to the staff and volunteers at Sugar Pine Point State Park, who made it possible for busloads of schoolchildren and carloads of visitors to be Olympic Biathletes for a day!

GNOME HOME! GNOME HOME!

Bring the Roaming Gnome to Tahoe by clicking on him, then voting for Tahoe at the Travelocity site! If you don't help bring him here, he'll roam somewhere else--we need your help!

See our new office! (click on Contact Us, then Directions)

Winter Activities:

Sugar Pine Point State Park:

Full Moon Snowshoe Tours!

THIS SATURDAY Jan. 30

Feb. 27

Mar. 27

All tours start with a beginners' clinic at 6:30 PM. Meet at the Sugar Pine Point Day Use area.

$12/person, includes snowshoe rentals

Reservations recommended: to reserve, call (530) 525-9920

THANK YOU to our great partners at West Shore Sports, without whom these fabulous tours would not be possible!

Donner Memorial State Park : Donner Summit Railroad Snowshoe Tours January 31 and February 28! Click on Donner Memorial State Park for details!

We help make sure your visit to California State Parks in the Sierra District is the best it can be. SSPF funds enable park staff to educate, interpret (explain the ecosystem and history), restore and preserve our precious parks. SSPF funding means you can stroll through Vikingsholm; take a history hike at Donner Memorial State Park; tour the lakeside Pine Lodge; wander among Bodie's deserted buildings; and ski the 1960 Olympic Biathlon trail at Sugar Pine Point. SSPF also funds activities at Tahoe State Recreation Area, D.L. Bliss State Park, Emerald Bay State Park, Grover Hot Springs State Park, and Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve. Our help is especially critical in these times of state budget cuts.

Please join us and share in the commitment to the park experience we've all come to expect in our Golden State, with worthwhile

Educational programs, from nature hikes to historic tours and school outings
Interpretive experiences, from Junior Rangers to exciting exhibits and events
Restoration, from stabilizing buildings to acquiring historic artifacts
Preservation of our irreplaceable cultural and natural resources for future generations

Links to park pages:
Vikingsholm
Donner Memorial State Park
Sugar Pine Point, Ehrman Mansion
Tahoe State Recreation Area
D.L. Bliss State Park
Emerald Bay State Park
Join Us!

It's expensive to provide fun educational programs such as hikes, talks and tours; preserve historic sites, and maintain enough staffing to keep parks safe places for us all to enjoy. We depend upon our members, private donations, tour fees, merchandise sales, special events, and grants from a variety of sources to support these park efforts that make it more fun to visit.