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 …
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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 …
Peak.. Rawr
Hi! So this Thursday, the location of nirvana can be founded externally at ‘Peak Experiences Climbing Gym” in Midlothian Va. The plan is to gather together by the side doors of Echols Dorm at 520p. Then we will depart for Peak at 530p (don’t be late!). Once there we will climb till close (1030p). On the way back we’ll swing …
Dimanche: Rise Up
Bonjour! So.. The Plan: Sunday.. 12pm.. side door of echols.. we will depart and head to Rise Up climbing gym in Lynchburg, Va. First off Rise Up is a beautiful climbing gym located only 1.25hrs (or less depending on the driver..) from our humble ‘ol town. Rise Up’s hours are 1-6p so we’ll climb until they kick us out or …
The Dawn of Another Stupendous Semester of Slacking.
So for you newbs out there here is the story on this is it is what will hopefully become a weekly event on the lawn(until it gets to cold for my feets). Incase you didnt know we are blessed with one of the more serene slacking spots around here at UVA so you better come check it out. Especially since …
Learn to Be a Trip Leader Workshop #3
Hoping to lead some AWESOME trips this year? Come to our trip leader workshop and learn the ropes!!! We’ll cover a variety of important points about leading trips, including: – How to plan your trips – Tips for making sure adventures run smoothly – What expenses the club will reimburse you for – Benefits of being a trip leader, including …
Learn to Be a Trip Leader Workshop #2
Hoping to lead some AWESOME trips this year? Come to our trip leader workshop and learn the ropes!!! We’ll cover a variety of important points about leading trips, including: – How to plan your trips – Tips for making sure adventures run smoothly – What expenses the club will reimburse you for – Benefits of being a trip leader, including …
Learn to Be a Trip Leader Workshop #1
Hoping to lead some AWESOME trips this year? Come to our trip leader workshop and learn the ropes!!! We’ll cover a variety of important points about leading trips, including: – How to plan your trips – Tips for making sure adventures run smoothly – What expenses the club will reimburse you for – Benefits of being a trip leader, including …
Confucius Says, “Peak”.
Wednesday, July 14th 2010 a caravan of climbers will depart from the side of Echols Dorm at approximately 5:30p. They will be destined for Peak Experiences Climbing Gym in Midlothian, Va. You. Should. Be. One of them. We’ll climb from when we get there until close; swinging by Sheetz after for nourishment. If you have never been before you will …
Weekend at Bern.. Mcafee’s.
**Just realized this trip was never announced after an edit.. fail – there are still spots. if you want to join please phone/email me pronto! http://www.drtopo.com/submitted/mcafee.pdf -The Plan- Friday the 25th :: Depart from Charlottesville at 1500 *(& 1900). Arrive in the Salem/Roanoke area cca. 1700 *(&2100). *Meet some AT hikers at the homeplace for dinner. Recreation. Slumber on the …
/ 2’s Day… (Peak Tuesday)
Do you like good times? Do you love calluses? Do you lurve climbing? (define: lurve – heightened sense of love) Well, then Peak Experiences is calling your name.. specifically on Tuesday 🙂 – – – – – Begin the ctrl+c & ctrl+v – – – – – We’ll depart Echols around 5:30PM and head to peak until around close. Then …
Seaside Playtime
Outdoors style beach week for dirt cheap!?! Want to go to Beach Week? Don’t want to spend loads of money? Saturday May 15th we are going to travel down to Outer Banks. There is a SWEET campground right on the beach. Most of the costs for lodging, food and gas will be covered by the Outdoors Club. Some activities might …
Tubing Trip During Reading Days
Does anyone actually read during reading days any way? Instead of studying, relax in an inner tube for a few hours with some awesome people and do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! (This is especially appealing for the lazy Outdoors people like me.) http://www.reelingandrafting.com/tubing.htm If we can get a group of 25 or more, prices are $20 per person. Otherwise, it is $22 …
Brms Discount Night #2
Hello fellow gearheads, Our discount night at Blue Ridge Mountain Sports is coming up fast! Mon April 12th from 8:15-9:15pm you’ll be part of an exclusive 20% sale to Outdoors at UVa members only. **Don’t forget: If you plan on buying gear that you’ll need to get fitted for (e.g. shoes, packs, etc.) you must go in this week prior …
Pilgrimage to Ragged Mountain
Incase you havent celebrated Easter in another way so far which is far to common in college students as there are no traditions of particular interest to college students connected with Easter. Anyway back to what i was saying, come Pilgrimage to Ragged Mountain with me. Feel free to bring painted eggs along preferably those yogurt covered chocolate ones. So …
Tubing on the James
Let’s take a float down a 4 mile stretch of the James River! If we can get a group of 25 or more, prices are $20 per person. Otherwise, it is $22 per person. Cooler tubes are $8 per person. To attend, you will need to pay me before the withdrawal deadline, so that I can make a reservation. I …
Come Play at Walnut Creek Park!
This Saturday there is a high of 73. I just want to go outside and enjoy the beautiful weather! Walnut Creek Park is a nice park just outside of Charlottesville with a lake and 15 miles of biking trails. You can come have a picnic, sunbathe, play frisbee, slackline, or trail run. It will be a great way to meet …
A Glorious, Gallent, Imposing, and Monumental Adventure to Cumberland Island
This trip is gonna be hopping for sure and you wont want to miss out on this journey of a lifetime. Spring break on an island in the southern reaches of the U.S. its gonna be goodies for sure. This is an awesome chance to hit up some warm weather and beaches without having to sell yourself out on the …
Snowshoe Wednesday
So I was really sad to find out Lindsay’s Snowshoe trip for Sunday was cancelled, and after crying, eating some cookie dough, and watching the Notebook, I pulled myself together and decided to set up a trip for this Wednesday since it’s a reading day. So, We’ll be leaving at 7 am, skiing/boarding/frolicing in the snow for the day until …
Frisbee/Disk Golf Around Grounds
So I have some free time this friday, and I havent been able to get outside much. Come play frisbee golf around grounds- there are a few unofficial courses… my friend on club frisbee said he would give me the maps/locations for a few so we can decide which one we want. You can either bring your own frisbee, or …
Brms Discount Night
Hello fellow gearheads, Our discount night at Blue Ridge Mountain Sports is coming up fast! Next Wed Nov 4th from 8:15-9:15pm you’ll be part of an exclusive 20% sale to Outdoors at UVa members only. **Don’t forget: If you plan on buying gear that you’ll need to get fitted for (e.g. shoes, packs, etc.) you must go in this week …
Slackin on Wednesday Because Well Its Gonna Be 75 Freakin Degrees
You better get outside this Wednesday because its gonna be amazing and sunny and beautiful. As always come out and show us your shit on the slackline for whatever amount of time you can squeeze in. Bring friends of course because we arent driving anywhere so all are welcome. Will be on top terrace of lawn right by Rotunda. the …
Midsummers Camping at Devils Marbleyard!
NOTE: I’ve moved the departure time for this trip back to FRIDAY NIGHT due to weather considerations; the plan is to fit in as much Awesome Stuff ™ on Saturday as possible and, depending on the whims of the skies, camp out again Saturday and leave Sunday, or leave Saturday night so we can start on our Sunday hangovers. (Kidding. …
Seaside Playtime
Outdoors style beach week for dirt cheap!?! Want to go to Beach Week? Don’t want to spend loads of money? Saturday the 9th we are going to travel down to Outer Banks. There is a SWEET campground right on the beach (i think). either way the beach will be close and beautiful! Most of the costs for lodging, food and …
Rock Out at Humpback Rocks
Need to get away from the library for a few hours? Want to see some great views of the region? Want to take advantage of your Outdoors club dues before school ends? Then come out for a great day hike to Humpback Rocks! We will depart from Echol’s brick wall at noon and head over to the rocks for a …
Pre-Creekathon Slacklining and All-Around Being Awesome
Nothing goes better with burgers than slacking. Come and slackline before/while we grill out during the Walnut Creekathon on the 29th. We will be departing from Echols at 3:00PM, so don’t be late. If you are slightly confused about what slacklining is, check this link out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slacklining This trip requires no experience, just a general sense of balance. This is …
429th Annual Walnut Creekathon!
This is it! The 429th annual end-of-year Outdoors at UVA Walnut Creekathon on 4/29/09. For members new to the club this year, the Creekathon is our annual end-of-year 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 …
Slacklining!
Take a study break and come out to lawn and slackline! I’ll have my line set up tomorrow in the upper lawn near rotunda. So be sure to drop by and master the art of slacklining in a beautiful weather.
Slack Off and Slacklining on the Lawn
Yo, come out and join me slacklining on the lawn this Wed from 4-6. If you have no idea what slacklining is, check out the wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slacklining and if you wanta see me slackline action, check out this youtube video: You don’t need any prior experience to join in. I don’t know exactly where on the lawn I will be, …
Slopeside Shirtlessness at Snowshoe!
Some folks look at a 60-degree forecast and think “Gee, what a swell day for a hike!” Others think “woo, let’s go climbing!” or “Biking it is!” I’m not one of those people, as long as there’s still snow on the ground somewhere. Snowshoe still has plenty of it, and I haven’t gotten my spring break skiing fix just yet, …
Spring Break on An Island!
No Spring Break plans yet? Going home is (probably) economic but let’s face it, you want to do something wild and outdoorsy. Outdoorsy things like skiing sound great but so dang cold, and you know you want warm. Cancun is warm, but it ain’t cheap junior, and it’s outrageously crowded. So why not do something inexpensive, warm, outdoorsy, and incredible? …
Daytrip to Snowshoe!
Not on Derek’s trip this weekend? Come on a daytrip this Saturday!!! Bring a season pass or $70, bag lunch or $$, skis/board or $$ and yoself. Club provides gas and a seat in a car.
Weekend at Snowshoe 1/31-2/1!
Hey, folks! You know the drill – sign up for a full weekend at our favorite ski resort, Snowshoe Mountain, WV! If you have your own gear and season pass, the only expenditures you will be responsible for are a) lodging, and b) any food you buy on the mountain. If you do not have your own gear or a …
Day Trip to the Mountains!
If Fred’s Saturday day trip doesn’t give you your fill… come Monday! Been back in C’ville just long enough to be itching to get to the mountains again? Then come ski a day at Snowshoe! As it is Martin Luther Weekend, the cabins are full, so we’ll get going early, ski for the day, have a roaring time, and assuming …
Backpacking in West Virginia
Let’s go! Come out for a relaxing weekend in the woods, and catch the last of the lovely autumn leaves. Good food, good people, and great views to be had! Be aware that it will get very cold at night in the mountains (probably around 30 degrees), but hopefully the weather we’re having now during the day will continue for …
Trip Leader’s Workshop!
Come out for a how-to session on leading trips for our awesome club! If you’ve been meaning to lead a trip, or want to lead a trip and arn’t sure where to start, then this is for you! This will be a quick presentation on the details of trip-leading. Come with any questions or ideas you may have. The location …
Slacklining in the Lawn
Learn how to flyfish. Then come learn how to slackline. Kudos for those who can do both at the same time. I will be there for longer if many of you want to learn how to slackline. The slackline will be set up near the flyfish workshop between the middle of the lawn and the upper lawn. If you have …
Fall Break Backpacking at Dolly Sods Wv
Come out for the long weekend to see some of the best fall foliage in the east! Dolly Sods is in a gorgeous area of West Virginia near Seneca Rocks and Canaan Valley. The colors and landscape are amazing, and you’ll feel as though you’re in a different part of the country entirely! This trip is open to all levels …
Frisbee Golf Pre-Creekathon (108th Annual)
Scholars maintain that the ancient sport of frisbee golf was first played by the natives to the Shenendoah Valley during the 5th century B.C.E. Come out early to Walnut Creek before the Creekathon to carry on this beautiful storied culture of frisbee golf. The PDGA approved course circles the lake at Walnut. We’ll play a round before enjoying the delicious …
Outdoors Style Beach Week for Free!
Outdoors style beach week for FREE! Want to go to Beach Week? Don’t want to spend loads of money? Gotta see mommy for Mothers Day? Monday the 12th we are going to travel down to Oregon Inlet, NC. This is a SWEET campground right on the beach in the Outer Banks. There is a layer of awesome dunes between us …
Slacklining on the Lawn
Slaaaaaaackline….. f yeah I will be setting up my slackline on the Lawn at 5 and hanging around until people get tired of walking on a piece of webbing or we run out of sunlight. All experience levels are welcome and encouraged, we always love to teach new people (and watching newbies is fun too!) No need to come by …
James River Great Chili Cookoff!
James River Runners is hosting their annual chili cookoff, which has 25 registered teams cooking giant vats of chili. We will drive down to scottsville, stuff our faces with chili and play around in the water! The river is really high right now, and James River Runners is not outfitting tubers because of it, but this might mean fun for …
Backpacking: Mcafee Knob, Tinker Cliffs, Dragon’s Tooth
McAfee Knob and Tinker Cliffs have some of the best views on the Appalachian Trail. This section of the AT will give us amazing 360 degree views of forested valleys near Roanoke, just turning green with the first signs of spring. Come enjoy the views with fellow outdoorsy-folk, learn some basic backcountry cooking, and scramble around on the rocky outcrops …
Spring Backpacking in Cumberland Island, Ga
If you missed the boat on Cancun, but you’re still looking to go somewhere warm for Spring Break, this trip’s for you: come to Cumberland Island National Park! Cumberland Island is on the southern coast of Georgia. This island boasts over 50 miles of hiking trails, as well as many designated backcountry camp sites. The island has several scenic hiking …
Raft the Rio Grande
Come get ya some majestic desert beauty this spring break. Some guarenteed sunshine, too. Big Bend is a large and magnificent but little known corner of the national parks landscape. The park is named for a huge curve in the Rio Grande river, which flows from Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico, forming the Texas-Mexico border for hundreds of miles. …
Trip Leader Workshop 2
Want to learn how to lead trips or how to lead better trips? We will be going over all the basics of trip leading in the club, reimbursements, trip descriptions, basic logistics and info, activities, etc. Also, we will go over several common problems and go over how not to lead trips (mostly by examining all of the situations Ive …
Learn to Paddle Instead, Silly, Its Almost Spring
This could go down as the earliest ever spring kayaking class. The nice thing is, though, the sooner you learn river safety and rolling skills, the more realistically you can hop into some real river running come actually spring. The class will begin with an introduction to kayaking gear and basic open water safety principles. Once we get in the …
Spring Break- Canoes, Gators, and the Everglades
Saturday: Leave Charlottesville, Saturday at 5 am—drive around 10 hrs to campsite, that I will be finding soon Sunday: Depart at 7 AM for Flamingo Ranger station (closes at 4:30)- camp at Flamingo Ranger station for the evening and shower for the week! Monday: Commence canoeing, Trip will depend on campsite availability and we have many options for choosing routes …
Pre-Raft Backpacking Overnight in Wv
Are you signed up for the rafting trip during fall break? Would you like to go for a backpacking overnight the Saturday before we raft? Then this trip is for you! We’ll be heading out relatively early Saturday morning. A specific destination is yet TBD, but we will be setting up camp in West Virginia, probably either in Monongahela National …