Dear mountain bikers, This will be an intermediate/advanced trip to the Blue Ridge School, another local gem just outside of Charlottesville. These incredible trails are super close to home and have a little something for everyone! I’ve been wanting to go here for months and am incredibly stoked to explore and see just exactly what it has to offer. We …
Hello, Are you not a big fan of driving or riding in cars? Do you like immersing yourself in nature whilst traveling from point A to point B rather than locking yourself in a motorized death cage made of glass and metal? If you said yes to these questions, then you should bike to creekathon with Patrick Brown and I. …
Here’s the third friday trail run of the semester (woop woop)! Super stoked to get running Friday morning before classes so we can enjoy Charlottesville’s trails before it rains in the afternoon. The game plan: Meet at slaughter at 7:30, run for hopefully about 5 miles. The plan is to be done around 8:30-8:45 but if people need to leave …
Hello Hoos! I’ve had a busy couple weeks, and am about ready to FINALLY get outside. What do I have in mind? Two hikes, the Doyles River Falls Trail, and the Dark Hollow and Rose River Falls. These trails are united by a common theme-waterfalls(Though the water level may be low). We will hit up Doyles, then drive a little …
Last weekend’s attempt at this trip was tragically rained out we are trying again! We are going to quantum dot boulder which is on the peninsula and has some easier climbs. We need a driver who can fit 5 people total and two crash pads. The drive is about 10 minutes from grounds so the driver won’t be able to …
Hi! I want to go to the new to do an overnight trip so we can get the most climbing in on Saturday. Also we will go on a food tour of pies & pints and biscuits. In summary, ALL THE BEST THINGS IN ONE TRIP. Depending on people’s availability we would leave Friday afternoon,get to Summersville, go dip in …
Next weekend seems to be The Weekend of Backpacking … so for all those waitlisters …. here’s one more! Three Ridges is a 13.2 mile loop in George Washington Forest (~45 minutes from Charlottesville) made up of the Mau-Har and Appalachian Trails. The elevation gain for the entire loop is 3,848 … which is definitely …. a decent amount! I’ve …
Max^2 is back with another backcountry MTB ride! This time we are heading up to Stokesville to do an intermediate route on Narrowback mountain. This trip is targeted for intermediate riders who are now comfortable on most Ohill trails. If you are unsure about your ability level, feel free to reach out to either of us (numbers on our profiles). …
Please don’t be deterred by the title! I will make sure that everyone gets solid time to project what they want. Grade ranges are about 5.9 – 5.12d. If you’re looking to send your first 10a, this is definitely the trip for you. The only requirement is that you are comfortable with lead climbing AND ideally lead belaying. I need …
Okay listen I promise I’ll stop stealing other people’s trip ideas soon enough (be on the lookout later this sem.) but when they are such good ideas, can you blame me? Basically I love running and went trail running last friday with JJ and it was awesome so I want to do it again. We’re gonna do some ohill trails …
Hi Everyone! We’re back at it again, this time a whole week later! By golly do I miss jumping off the tops of cliffs that I am definitely not scared of! I want to keep doing these until the water drops too low to do it safely, so join me this sunday for a lovely day on the water and …
Wow do I feel rusty when it comes to posting trips and even riding bikes 🙁 BUT there’s only one way to get back in form, keep posting trips and keep biking! And since there’s THREE whole beginner trips this week 🙂 here’s an intermediate one from Alan and me! WE WANT YOU ON THESE TRIPS! Don’t feel intimidated if …
Time to get back outside! Reeds Creek is a limestone climbing area with a good number of moderately graded sport routes in the 5.8 – 5.10 range (see Mountain Project: https://www.mountainproject.com/area/109444384/reeds-creek). Translation for those new to climbing: fun rock to touch with routes that are challenging (but often doable!) for many new climbers. This is a combined beginner and intermediate …
Have you ever wanted to become a bunny?? (your answer should be yes) Then come learn to bunny hop a mountain bike! This adventure is a skill-building, bunnyhop-learning clinic for beginner/intermediate mountain bikers. To join, you don’t need loads of experience – but at minimum, you be comfortable riding a mountain bike on trails and have a few rides under …
Outdoorsclubians we must go back! We must return to Elliot Knob! Join me one and all as I return to the summit of Elliot Knob to crest the fire tower at its peak and look out upon the world below. Close to Charlottesville, about an hour away, sitting at the summit of Elliot Knob lies an abandoned fire lookout tower …
Hello my fellow outdoor friends!! I hope everyone’s first week of classes went well (and more importantly that no one was swamped with too much homework this early in the semester). I am leading an intermediate backpacking trip out to Spruce Knob out in West Virginia this upcoming weekend. The hike round trip is 16.5 miles with about 6-8 miles …
Let’s do some Ohill post-class biking!!! Have YOU been on several beginner trips, feeling READY to PUSH yourself????? If you feel comfortable on a mountain bike and have done at least a handful of ohill trails, YOU SHOULD COME to an intermediate trip!!! This trip will be pretty chill …. just the OG Ohill trails for a bit before the …
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The time has come. We will finally be making a club trip to the fabled Breathing Cave! Anyone who has caved with me knows that this is my absolute favorite cave. As the third largest cave system in Virginia (and the largest open for recreational caving), Breathing has a little bit of everything: the classic big mouth cave opening, a …
Hello outdoorsy friends, and welcome back to another fall semester! For those with minimal Friday commitments, I was thinking we could head out to Reeds Creek to get some good climbing in. Reeds Creek is a limestone area with a good number of moderately graded routes in the 5.8 – 5.10 range (see Mountain Project: https://www.mountainproject.com/area/109444384/reeds-creek). While this is an …
We’re going to climb at ragged!!! We will be bouldering at the peninsula site (Quantum dot boulder on mt project). This is a nice boulder super close to grounds. We will meet at the corner of Echols dorm at 10:30 and have crash pads for us. Ragged is about a 15 min drive and the walk to the boulder is …
Hello Shredizens! Before fall boating begins in earnest, let’s savor the joys of summer one last time with a classic low water lap down the Lower New (Cunard to Fayette Station: https://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/view/river-detail/2418/main) This trip is best for whitewater kayakers comfortable running at least class III+ rapids with a working roll. It is NOT a rafting trip! If you’re a confident …
Tiffany and I would love to welcome you to an intermediate mountain bike ride right before the first ODC party of the year. The party is beach themed so we plan on biking in our beach fits. (Note: as promising as the title was, there is no biking on a beach. This will be local trails – Ohill/Heyward). So, whether …
Hope y’all had a good first couple days of classes! I plan to take us first to Ohill and then to the Heyward trails. This trip is for people who have done at least two or three rides, and now feel confident on beginner trails. If you are unsure about coming on this trip feel free to text me (my …
Homoclimbtastic is exactly what it sounds like. Very homo. Very climbtastic. Queer climbers from all over will congregate at the New River Gorge for an extended weekend full of climbing. The event runs Thursday through Sunday, but we will drive down Friday and stay until either Sunday or Monday. Note that you must register for Homoclimbtastic separately (registration is free). …
Woooooo!!! an outdoors club trip during the summer! Please sign up and help me pay for gas! This is honestly just a probe of who’s around and interested, details in this trip descrip are verrry loose and subject to change. Overnight trip anyone? What is up y’all, do you want to learn to or learn more about how to whitewater …
YO YO YO YO. I said I would take people kayaking again before I disappear for the summer and by god I will. No one wants to lead this trip with me (jk. they have “better things to do”) so this is gonna be a small one. I also don’t have any idea who is willing to commit a day …
I plan to ride Ohill but we can also make our way over to the Heyward trails. This trip is for people who have done at least two or three rides, and now feel confident on beginner trails. If you are unsure about coming on this trip feel free to text me (my number can be found by clicking on …
Disclaimer #1: This is a weird trip for logistics, please read all of this before signing up Disclaimer #2: You do not have to sign up for all 5 days, you can sign up for as many and whichever you want to Disclaimer #3: Weather is a bit iffy at the beginning of next week, days may be cancelled for …
Franklin Gorge is a super cool looking area, and also one of the closest places to get real outdoor sport climbing to Charlottesville. Because of this, it’s been on my radar since the beginning of the year. But, unfortunately it’s located on private property. So we’ve resisted the urge to climb there, until at least I heard from a fellow …
Aidan and I have been wanting to do a collaborative trip with another university for a while now, and we have finally made it happen! I’ve planned this trip in coordination with the Vice President of JMU’s Caving Club, Erin. She is bringing a group of JMU cavers and we will all do the trip together! Although this is a …
How about a finals study break? The Blue Ridge School is located super close to Charlottesville and maintains top notch mountain bike trails that are open to the public. Seriously, if you think O’Hill, Ragged, or Preddy are awesome, the Blue Ridge School will blow your mind. I’ve been several times and each time was a blast. I plan to …
Hello outdoors people This adventure is for all the handstand enthusiast that just like to get inverted and balance on their hands, so if are a gymnast or a break dancer or if you just like to practice handstands on yourself then this is the trip for you. Handstands is a lot about technique but it’s also about strength and …
SUPER MEGA LIT TRIP INTO THE UNKNOWN (EXCEPT PARKER WRITES THE DESCRIPTION THIS TIME AND IT GETS APPROVED) This is super duper chill bouldering. We will be meeting at the gibbons driveway thing which is between gibbons and shannon. We will leave, drive to THE FOREST (~1hr or less) and climb climb climb boulders safely and securely with many crash …
Ok here’s the deal. This trip is admittedly early and if you sign up and end up sleeping through it we will not be mad. That said, it’s gonna be a blast. Ohill trails should be nice and greasy from Fridays rain and we’ll do some fun stuff. Note we’ll be staying on trails that drain really well to not …
Hey! How would like to spend the one day we have off from school & exams to bike 20+ (24.2 to be exact!!) miles to every christian’s pizza location in charlottesville? Enticing in the purest meaning of the word. I did this last semester with Guadalajara and it was a friggin blast so this one should also be pretty fun …
This trip is meant to create a comfortable and welcoming space for women, trans, and femme members of the outdoors club, particularly in a male-dominated sport like rock climbing! Please only sign up if you identify as a woman, trans, or femme. Is anyone else looking to procrastinate studying/projects for finals? If so, join us at the NRG this weekend! …
Gamers hello, Man, there sure have been a lot of awesome lead climbing trips recently, and there are a couple super awesome climbing trips coming up. Makes me wonder… how much of the club knows how to lead climb? How many people have been staring at these trips, wishing they possessed the knowledge and skills requisite for these adventures? Well…. …
Hey friends! This will be a good ‘ol MTB trip to OHill. It will be leaning on the side of intermediate, but all beginners are welcome! If you don’t have your own mountain bike or helmet, let us know on the trip questionnaire and we’ll try to secure you a club bike/helmet. Everyone will be waitlisted for this trip initially …
sup playas, Me and my very platonic climbing partner are looking for some folks to join us on a grand voyage to kentucky for an absurdly long time. The plan is to leave friday morning on the 12th and possibly climb that afternoon. Then we will climb with rest days here and there for the next week and a half. …
Ever wanted to test just how far you could keep running? This is some serious (or silly) type 2 fun for you! Whether you’re a frequent runner or someone who likes a crazy challenge every once in a while, this is the running equivalent of a choose-your-own-challenge (in terms of distance). So, wtf is a backyard ultra? A backyard ultra …
Good day, my beloved outdoorspeople. As the end of the school year draws nigh, so does the spring climbing season. Let’s go out with great fanfare through a mega trip to the Red River Gorge. The Red is a premier sport climbing (lead climbing on bolts) destination located in eastern Kentucky with a lifetime of climbing on gorgeous sandstone cliffs. …
It has been agessss since I have explored the Virginia views so I wanted to do a nice day hike on Saturday! I will also be going to the Mt. Joy concert that night so there should be plenty of time to get back and get ready before then if you’re worried about Saturday evening/night plans. There are also a …
It’s not your first time around the block, but you are still looking to build your skills. Sure, you have ridden your bike before, but you truly long to shred the trail. Or perhaps you’re tired of riding in Charlottesville and want to get some backcountry-esque experience without being miles and miles from civilization? Western Slope is calling your name. …
Hello slackline enthusiast The water is finally warm enough for us to fall on it with our face first after trying to balance on the slackline. So let’s rig a waterline and go crazy on the lines without the fear of hitting the ground, that being said we will also rig as many lines in the ground as we can …
So, Outdoors Club may not be the only organization on grounds… I know! I was pleasantly surprised too. Presenting… SOR, Sigma Omicron Rho, our Queer & Allied Gender-Inclusive Social Fraternity at UVA. We are teaming up to bring you a laid-back, languid afternoon on Blackrock, a beautiful Shenandoah summit that is the site of some serious SOR-lore (you’re going to …
yeah, you read that correctly… BIKEpacking. Not backpacking. All the fun of biking, with all the self-reliance and minimalism of backpacking. And all while taking in so many beautiful views and soaking in the remote scenery of the Appalachian mountains. Over the course of two days, we’re going to ride a ~50 mile loop that circumnavigates and summits Reddish Knob …
We’re going back to the (in)famous New Trout Cave! One of the few caves in the area that has pretty much no mud in it– and that’s because it’s very, very dry. You won’t get muddy, but you’ll definitely be dusty. This cave also has an interesting history. During the Civil War, the Confederates used this cave as a saltpeter …
hey guys, wanna go mountain biking at creekathon at an intermediate level and pace? ok sign up. we will decide what trails to do once we’re there. please only sign up if you’ve gone on multiple mtb excursions and can confidently ride everything on ohill at a decent pace and without excessive breaks. text me at my number on my …
Who: Joseph (the climbing advisor one) What: Climbing (Sport & Trad) Where: New River Gorge When: Friday (04/21) 05:00pm To Sunday (04/23) 07:00pm (Flexible) Why: Touch rock Howdy y’all, I haven’t been to the New in some time and I’m craving a good climbing weekend. The plan is to leave Friday afternoon and get to the campsite (American Alpine Club …
We posted an advanced MTB trip to carvins this weekend, but were thinking it would be more fun to get more people out to an area that has plenty of accessible riding. And Carvins is kind of like a bigger version of ohill, with trails largely based out of the same area making splitting into groups easy. So, we’ll run …