The trail keeps something alive in you. The Club is how you get more of it.
The Cahuilla people have known this valley for centuries. Cary Grant had an estate here. The Desert Riders rode trails into these mountains that most visitors never find — trails largely belonging to the Cahuilla, ridden with their permission and guidance beginning in 1930. There are no high-rises. No chain stores. No paparazzi. No drones. This place made rules to protect something worth protecting — and most people never discover what that something is.
Palm Springs Adventure Club exists to show you what most people miss.
There will be a morning, a few years from now, when you are standing on a trail with people you trust completely and you will barely remember what it felt like before you knew them. Before the early starts and the shared miles and the tables that went late because nobody wanted to be the first to leave.
Sometimes you walk into a room and immediately know it is the right one. You already know if this is yours.
Some decisions age well. A founding membership is one of them.
Going deeper changes everything. The trail earns the pool. The ridge earns the dinner. Palm Springs stops being a destination and starts being somewhere you belong. Membership is how you stay connected to a version of yourself you do not have to leave behind when you go home.
Twice-monthly trail events keep you on the mountain. A community keeps you connected between visits. Marquee experiences give you something worth planning around. What starts as a visit becomes a relationship with a place that keeps giving the more you show up.
| Trail $399 / year | Summit $899 / year | Founding Member $1,499 once | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Included | 1 Peaks to Pools experience | 2 Peaks to Pools + 1 Custom experience | All Summit benefits, forever |
| Guest Passes | 1 / year | 2 / year | 4 / year |
| Gear Discount | 15% off | 25% off | 25% off |
| Hat | Adventure Club Hat | Adventure Club Hat | Founding Member Hat 50 made. Never again. |
| Events | Members-Only Event Access | Early Event Access | Early Event Access + Locked Rate |
| Availability | Open | Open | 50 spots only |
| Join as Trail | Join as Summit | Become a Founding Member |
The alarm goes off before the city does. Someone hands you a coffee before you have said a word. You do not know everyone yet. That changes on the way up.
This morning has been timed to the minute. When the light arrives, it finds the highest ridgeline first. Rose deepens into coral. Coral bleeds into amber.
It happens almost every morning in Palm Springs. Most people are asleep for it.
By the time you are back at the trailhead, you have made plans for the next one.
Summer in Palm Springs has a different pace. And on one night this season, members will sit down together at one of Palm Springs' best restaurants for a dinner that does not appear on any public calendar.
Inside, where it is cool and unhurried, a menu built for the occasion. A long table. The kind of conversation that starts before the first course arrives because nobody needs context.
The best evenings in Palm Springs happen when nobody is in a hurry to be anywhere else.
Not every Club night needs a reservation. A bar takeover. A rooftop. A space that fits thirty people if everyone is willing to stand close.
This is where new members meet the ones who have been here since the beginning. Where someone overhears a trail recommendation and starts thinking about how soon they can get back. Where a guest pass gets used and the person who shows up realizes they need to be a member.
Show up. See who is there. That is the whole plan.
Some experiences require more than showing up. These are the ones members talk about for years.
Cactus to Clouds in a single day. A Desert Riders breakfast at dawn on the trails those riders first explored a century ago. Three days in the San Jacinto wilderness — up the Skyline Trail, south on the PCT, down Jo Pond. Nights deep in the pines.
Every marquee experience is member-only. Logistics handled. Permits secured. A keepsake when it is over.
They open to members first, fill quickly, and do not come back around until the season is right again.
