Yo yo yo! What’s up Outdoors at UVA? For those of you who didn’t read the description of Hannah’s adventure, Gauley Fest is basically a gathering of all the raddest whitewater enthusiasts and vendors the Eastern U.S. of A. can muster. But while the whitewater aspect of the festival is inescapable, it is vital to note that you don’t have …
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Roadside Mushroom Forest Boulder Bonanza
If you like to firmly grasp and/or stand on large rocks come join me to pay tribute to the great circle on the Parkway. The boulders are a short hike in from the road, and there are tons of routes to climb; Thomas Jefferson once described them as “hella nice.” This is an all levels trip (the aforementioned routes go …
Caving (Alice’s Rabbit Hole Edition)!?!?!?!
alright fellow hooligans, So Lockridge Aqua is a super sweet cave 2 hours straight west of Charlottesville. So in addition to a beautiful drive, the entrance to this cave WILL blow yo mind. To get in, swimming in cold water with tight spaces is a must. The water is definitely in the 50’s so be prepared for some ice cold …
Cpr, Aed + Choking Certification Course ~ Adult, Pediatric + Infant
[Course might be full. Join, and then reply-to-all on your welcome-to-adventure email to see if a space is still available. Thanks!] This’ll be the most FUN CPR class you’ve ever taken or will take! No sleepy DVD! Learn the lifesaving skills of CPR, AED, and relieving choking (adult / pediatric / infant). Get a 2-year certification. Full instruction, practice, and …
Wilderness First Aid Course [Free for Uva Academic Employees! Reimbursable for Trip Leaders!]
***2 spots open in this weekend’s class at UVA!*** Learn how to save life and limb in an > urban disaster (natural or terrorist) > rural area (not near a hospital) > travel anywhere > wilderness area Outdoors at UVAers $25 DISCOUNT off the regular $180. BONUS if you’re a trip leader: Earn your course FEE BACK BY REIMBURSEMENT! Details:www.outdoorsatuva.org/resources/?WildernessFirstAid …
Tuesday Preddy
It’s that time of the week again. I’m looking to go to Preddy Creek this upcoming Tuesday to hit up the main loop and advanced loop. These trails are among the best around, so you’d be making a mistake if you didn’t go for a ride before summer begins. This trip is for intermediate-advanced riders. If you don’t have much …
Unofficial Trip: Caving Lockridge Aqua Sunday
hey all, I’m taking a crew out to Lockridge Aqua this weekend and have one or two spots left. This isn’t a club trip but I figured there might be some interest. It’s part of my big spring thesis exhibition if y’all happen to be curious about that. Here’s the details: We’ll meet up at 10AM on Sunday, default spot …
275st Annual Creekathon
Do you like WALNUTS and CREEKS? Well, it’s that time of the year again, so get PSYCHED! For members new to the club, the Creekathon is our kind-of-end-of-semester cookout/potluck/picnic at Walnut Creek Park in Albemarle County. It’s always a great time with good food and good people. We have reserved one of the shelters at the park, complete with grill …
Test Trip
bring: – – – – you bring: 1 2 3 club provides – gas reimb. – driver – fun
Cumberland Island Spring Break 2014
Do you find yourself lacking an awesome plan for spring break? Do you like islands? Do you find armadillos amusing? Do you like backpacking on flat trails? Do wild horses outside your tent in the morning excite you? Do you want to see ruins of Great Gatsby’s mansion? (well it’s the Carnegie Mansion…) Then you should join my spring break …
Goonin and Gapin at Home in the Snow
snow-fetishers! Unofficial pseudo-trip here, just wanted to let everyone know that in the case of rad snowtimes i will be skipping class and doing hood rat shit with my friends. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXZfuC0vi4g there will be lots of VASST kids out and whatnot, the Rotunda will probably be shrod, so if you’d like to make history you should come do rad things. …
Last Chance! Snowshoe, Yaw Goons! Sunday/Monday
There’s 7 of us rolling up, want to be part of the crew? Look at this forecast. Just look at it. http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Snowshoe&state=WV&site=RLX&textField1=38.4091&textField2=-79.9957&e=0#.UtXwfdJDuSo Snowshoe’s already about 90% open, they’ve been relatively immune to all this shitty weather of late. Seeing as it’s MLK Jr. weekend, I’m thinking of going up early Sunday to ski/ride all day and come back to a …
Ski/Ride Wintergreen Sunday Day-Trip
yo crew! Saturday was looking like a good day to ride, but now the forecast is all wintry-mix garbage. Let’s go up on Sunday instead! details: -leave charlottesville at 10AM (flexible) -get to wintergreen at 11AM -ride for as long as we want to, get home an hour later (5pm?) you provide! -lift ticket/season pass (remember this is Wintergreen not …
Sunday Snowshoe Day Trip!
where’s your winter spirit?? well it’s time to sip the white lightning and quit gaping, because it’s what you’ve all been asking for… SNOWSHOE DAY TRIP WOOOOOOOOOO Snowshoe’s open. Weather’s going to suck until it starts snowing Friday night, so by the time we get it on Sunday things should be gucci. Here’s the plan: -Skip town Sunday 6am, shred …
Disaster + Wilderness First Aid Course [Free for Uva Academic Employees! Reimbursable for Trip Leaders!]
Learn how to save life and limb in an > urban disaster (natural or terrorist) > rural area (not near a hospital) > wilderness area CHOOSE one set of dates/locations (2 days, 8:30am-6:30pm both days): > Nov. 9-10, 2013: Blacksburg, VA* > Nov. 16-17, 2013: Washington, DC > Jan. 11-12, 2014: CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA* at UVa School of Medicine > Jan. …
Blue Ridge Mountain Sports. Odc 20% Discount Day. Oct 29th!
Where: Blue Ridge Mountain Sports. Barracks Shopping Center. http://www.brms.com/site/our-shops/barracks-road-shopping-center/ When : ALL DAY (10 am – 8pm) Tuesday Oct 29th 2013. Why: Winter products are in. What: As a member of the Outdoors Club at UVa you are awesome. The kind folks of Blue Ridge Mountain Sports are hooking us up with 20% off in-stock items. 20% OFF!!!! Wear your …
Nrg Intermediate Whitewater Kayak Trip.
The New River Gorge! Intermediate Whitewater Kayak Trip. This trip falls in relation with the NRG Extravaganza, all fees, rules, and regulations apply. The NRG is rated a class III-IV by American Whitewater. Please read about the river here: The section of river: Cunard to Fayette Station. http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/detail/id/2418/ IMPORTANT! **PRIOR EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY** You must have paddled Class III Whitewater. …
Updated: Splurge Your Urge at the Nrg ~~ (Friday Afternoon Shredding)
The Douthat trip on Sunday is a way better use of a full day, so I’m moving this one to Friday afternoon. We’ll leave around noon-ish, drive the 3 hours, bike for a couple hours, then go to the campground. Are you stoked??? – – – – – I’m looking to head out sometime after 12-ish, 3-hour drive, bike for …
New River Gorge Extravaganza ’13: Base Camp
WHAT IS THE NEW RIVER GORGE EXTRAVAGANZA? The New River Gorge Extravaganza (NRGE) is a choose-your-own-adventure megatrip that the club puts on in the fall to one of the best outdoor recreation destinations in the nation, perhaps world, and is only 3 hours from C’ville. The New River itself is 1 of 10 National Wild and Scenic Rivers in the …
Sunday Run-Day!
Start your Sunday off right — let’s go for a trail run! For those who get tired of running on concrete and pavement, join me for a mid-morning run at our beloved Walnut Creek Park. Runners of all levels are welcome! We will leave Echols at 10:00am (be on time!), and should return to civilization by 12:00pm, leaving you a …
Shreddy Creek Schralping Saturday
So people always seem to be putting Preddy Creek down, but let’s show it some love eh? It’s definitely improved since last summer (berms in good places, etc.), and the new advanced trail is rad (gap over a creek, rhythm section, boulder drop, & moar). And despite nancy-boys sayin there’s no flow, it’s aight (its XC, you have to pedal …
Intramediary Sorts of Shred-Horseing
howdy, Everythings been swamped with rain but Friday and Saturday are looking pretty clear, so lets go biking. I’d be down to do ohill or preddy (preddy requires driving though, and might still be real wet). I’m content to just go goof around on ohill for a couple hours though, find some gnarly spots, etc., so that’s my vote. I …
Cpr + Aed Certification Course ~ Adult, Pediatric + Infant
Learn the lifesaving skills of CPR and AED. Get a 2-year American Heart Association certification. Full instruction, practice, and certification all done during this one eve. No online prerequisite work. I’ll serve as your AHA instructor, and I’ll make the class be FUN. Quotes (anonymous feedback) from prior students: >> “Much more fun than usual!” >> “Awesome. Humorous.” >> “Matt …
Disaster + Wilderness First Aid Course [Free for Uva Academic Employees! Reimbursable for Trip Leaders!]
Learn how to save life and limb in an > urban disaster (natural or terrorist) > rural area (not near a hospital) > wilderness area CHOOSE one set of dates/locations (2 days, 8:30am-6:30pm both days): > Sep. 21-22: Virginia Beach, VA* > Oct. 12-13: Richmond, VA* > Oct. 19-20: CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA* (at UVA med school Jordan Hall) > Nov. 9-10: …
New River Gorge – Intermediate Whitewater Kayak Trip!
(This is Intermediate^class III + skill level). New River Gorge, Class III-IV, You can research this river here: http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/detail/id/2418/ You must have taken Dave Clark’s or someone else’s intro to whitewater kayaking class or have equivalent experience, you must have somewhat of a combat roll, have paddled and felt comfortable on class III whitewater. Everyone gets wait-listed until I screen …
2 Hikes, 1 Night, 2 Mountains-> Cold Mountain / Mt Pleasant
This weekend’s weather looks EPIC, so let us combine 2 of the best hikes in Virginia: cold mt. and mt. pleasant, 12 mile figure 8 loop!!! See descriptions below. http://www.hikingupward.com/gwnf/coldmountain/ http://www.hikingupward.com/gwnf/MountPleasant/ The plan: Saturday: 10am meetup @ echols, then hit up bodos. Drive, 1.5 hours. Arrive around noon. Hike Mt Pleasant loop (5 miles/4 hours). Picnic in the meadows!!! Start …
Snowshoe Weekend Trip
Hey guys! All trails should be open!!! Snowshoe just had 7 inches snow, and the weather will keep dumping snow till Friday night! Let get to the first track Sat morning! It’s NOT gonna be a good time to ski NEXT weekend, the weather will be way too warm. Let’s do it this weekend! The temperature will remain below 32 …
End of the World…Cancelled
Today is the END OF DAYS. THE ARMAGEDDON. THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE. THE MAYAN TIME LAPSE. Join us on this most epic of last adventures. This club was secretly founded for the purpose of finding the smartest, sexiest, and most adventurous people to survive the inevitable apocalypse. You have been selected to survive. In the early days of the club, the …
Snowshoe Day Trip
Ladies and Gentlemen, it is now winter. With a little help from dear Sandy, Snowshoe has opened early this year and is ready to be shrod upon. So please join me in not studying for finals (for one day at least) and lets go slide down a snowy hill with pieces of wood strapped to our feet! Now i understand …
137th Semiannual Walnut Creekathon
Do you like WALNUTS and CREEKS? Well, it’s that time of the year again, so get PSYCHED! For members new to the club, the Creekathon is our kind-of-end-of-semester cookout/potluck/picnic at Walnut Creek Park in Albemarle County. It’s always a great time with good food and good people. We have reserved one of the shelters at the park, complete with grill …
Super Sweet Ski Movie
So, here’s how it goes. Our friends at VASST are putting up a showing of Teton Gravity Research’s new movie, The Dream Factory, this Friday in the Chem Auditorium. I figured this is pretty sweet and y’all might want to hear about it. For those of you who don’t know, Teton Gravity Research is a super sweet SKI film production …
Snowshoe Season Passes for $250!!!
Ladies and Gentlemen, get ready for the main event! The gods cursed us last year with a winter to be forgotten, but alas, do not lose heart, for the night is darkest just before the dawn: and the dawn is coming! And by all of that I mean, that its gonna snow a but ton this winter. So wax your …
Beginner Chill Mountain Biking at Preddy Creek
We’ll head out Saturday and get some rock-hopping in. This is a trip for people such as myself who can’t go to the NRG extravaganza and still need our fix. More details will follow as we get closer to the trip date. Nothing should be too difficult. We need people with vehicles that can take some bikes, ideally a truck. …
East Coast Surfing Championships & Surf Trip
This year marks the 50th annual Virginia Beach East Coast Surfing Championships. Home If you think your skills are fly enough, you can enter the competition in your respective category *or you can volunteer in things such as beer sales (21+) or tee shirt sales (21-) and etc, *or you can come along and just spend the day on the …
Frisbee, Bluegrass and Slacklining on the Lawn
EARTH WEEK: SPECIAL EVENT! Outdoors Club will provide picnic blankets, a slackline, frisbees, live bluegrass, and good vibes Thursday afternoon on the Lawn. Bring your own food, a friend or two, and sit back and relax just hanging out in the great outdoors. Music– jam from 3:15 to 4pm Slacklining– now’s the time to learn 🙂 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6148559029616060313 Good vibes– all. …
Slacklining Nirvana (in January!)
So usually slacklining nirvana isn’t possible until at least March but it’s going to be in the mid-60s tomorrow. Bring your HACKYSACK, FRISBEE, PICNIC SUPPLIES, and more, and join me in a slacklining party on the lawn from 2pm to 3pm. Never slacklined? Now’s the time to try. (silly video–) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlH207RGpCA this one’s more legit– come out and let’s be …
Pre-Break Peak!
Who wants to go to Peak this week? In case you haven’t heard, Peak is a great indoor rock climbing gym outside of Richmond. Come for some finger-hurting good times. This trip is open to anyone, but drivers and belayers get priority. We will meet at Echols dorm at 5:30, drive to richmond, climb for hours, and stop at sheetz …
Newfolks Flatwater Canoeing!
Welcome all new members to the club! Glad you’ve joined us! I want to invite you to an introduction to canoeing on flatwater at Beaver Creek reservoir in Crozet, VA. it’s just 20 min. or so from grounds. We will leave Bonnycastle at 11 and will return to grounds at 4:30. It’s going to a fun day of swimming, paddling …
Day Hike and Swimming at St. Marys
Despite the hurricane hype, sunday looks like it’ll be a sunny day. So even though classes have started, don’t waste it trying to pick out that last class or getting books, instead come out to St. Mary’s for a day of hiking and swimming holes. The drive is about an hour, and we’ll hike in along the river and up …
Pre-Finals Beach Day Trip
Finals are coming up and soon you’ll be caving yourself in the library. BUT don’t be miserable yet! The weather at the beach on Sunday is Sunny with a high of 83, so let’s go beach it for the day! Whether you want to just sun or frisbee, surf, kayak, you name it, we can do it. (Suggestions?) Bring plenty …
Attempt 2: Easter Cliff Diving
I tried to lead the same trip a few weeks ago but the weather did not agree with me. It should be 85 on Easter Sunday, so hopefully we’ll have better luck. But KEEP YOUR CELL PHONES ON so I can let you know last minute if we decide to cancel for weather. There is a rock quarry in Schuyler …
Slacklining Picnic on the Lawn
hey kids, i will be slacklining and eating lunch on the lawn from 12:30 to 1:45 tomorrow. feel free to come join if you want to slackline, learn how to slackline, or even just eat outside in the beautiful weather. 🙂 feel free to bring frisbees, extra food, etc.
Super Sweet Beach Camping
(Who goes to Foxfield anyway?) Instead come out to camp at Virginia Beach! We will be going to First Landing on Friday early afternoon (~3 hr drive), swimming/wading in the afternoon, and then camping the night. We’ll explore the park the next day– including swimming and slacklining and being lazy. The water is warmer than the rest of Virginia Beach …
Aca Collegiate Canoe and Kayak State Championships
The American Canoe (and Kayak) Association is hosting the annual national collegiate kayaking and canoeing championships! We are going to take a team to compete in as many events as possible. The races will take place on a 5 mile stretch of the Rappahannock River near Fredricksburg, VA. The events are Men’s and Women’s one-person kayaking (K1), one-person canoeing (OC1), …
Canoe Your Spring Break!
We would love for you to join us in Eastern North Carolina for some really good, fun canoeing for your spring break trip. We will be spending 5 days and 4 nights canoeing and camping on the Pungo River. We will canoe to each campsite, and hope to enjoy ourselves as we fish along the way. This trip will be …
Sweetest Spring Break Trip Ever!
You have the pleasure of joining us to Cumberland Island, GA for a warm and exciting walk through Cumberland Island. We will be backpacking through Maritime Forests of Live Oak Trees and Spanish Moss, and throwing frisbee the whole way through! Cumberland Island is on the southern coast of Georgia. This island boasts over 50 miles of hiking trails, as …
Intermediate Winter Backpacking and Snowshoeing to Dolly Sods, Wv
For this trip, we’ll leave very early on Saturday, drive over to Timberline in West Virginia and take their sky lift up to the Sods. From there, I’d like to get to an overlook several miles to the South. We’ll set up camp near it and check it out around sunset and maybe even again at sunrise! The overlook is …
Swimming at Blue Hole
Let’s go to Blue Hole! If you’ve never been, it’s a great swimming hole out near the Charlottesville reservoir, about a 30 minute drive and a 30 minute hike from the parking lot – looking for a fairly brisk pace. It’s supposed to be almost 90 tomorrow, so beat the heat and join me early…we’ll be back in time to …
Cliff Jumping
There is a rock quarry in Schuyler (about 35 minutes South of UVA) that is great for cliff jumping. The quarry has a 10, 15, and 50 foot jump into a bottomless pool of water. This trip is open to anyone, but isn’t recommended to people afraid of heights. All you need to bring is a bathing suit, a towel, …
Ragged Mountain Hike
I can’t be the only one with a free Friday afternoon… Let’s go hiking at Ragged Mountain, which is only about 15 minutes away. It’s about a three and a half mile hike with a great stopping place in the middle with a lake on both sides to sit around and chill. I might bring my sweet biodegradable speakers and …