Y’all, Halloween is on a Friday this year, and that means we are doing a super spooky WTF (women, trans, femme) Halloween-themed ride!!! We will be riding all around those ohill trails in our best costumes. This ride will also be supporting the More Women Outside Movement! I am doing a project this semester on the movement, and part of …
Do you have some epic plans for your own trips?? Do you want to get more involved in ODC?? If so, this Trip Leader Workshop is for you!! Come to the shrack at 6:30 PM this THURSDAY to learn all about trip leading and ask any questions you may have. Afterwords, we will approve you as trip leaders on the …
Do you want to have the best Thursday afternoon of your life? Do you like hitting some saucy sends on a bike? Join me and George in venturing to Biscuit Run on mountain bikes this Thursday!!! We’ll cover about 18 miles or so on trails, perhaps journeying through O Hill and the Rivanna Trail on the way. This trip is …
Nestled up in the mountains of West Virginia, Seneca Rocks is a lovely rock formation I haven’t hiked since I was a kid. The steep cliffs are among the most iconic in the state, rising 900ft above the North Fork River. This trip will be 1.3 miles (2.6 in and out total) walking uphill. The hike should not be too …
It’s a rare opportunity to bike with alums. You might be thinking, that sounds like a washed-up unc-status ride (is that what the kids are saying these days?). And that’s probably not a bad description. But between getting our toes nibbled by marmots while cowboy camping, romping around in Alaska, and starting a day job babysitting humanoid robots in onesies, …
Want to start your Saturday morning on the right track (or should I say trail)? Join me in venturing to the O Hill trails for a beginner mountain biking trip. This is a beginner trip so if you’ve never been on a mountain bike before, do not fret, this is a great opportunity to learn. The only prerequisite for this …
Helloooo Shreddlings!! Our friends in the cycling club do something called a Bev ride on thurs/friday evenings. This is where they hop on their mountain bikes, ride around ohill, then stop, and drink “beverages” of their choosing. So this Thursday (October 9th) we are doing an ODC x Cycling Bev Ride Mixer! It’ll be a chill ride with lots of …
Heyaaa!!! Come mountain biking with me next Thursday afternoon in Heyward Community Forest! This trip is for intermediate mountain bikers so the prerequisites are that you have been on at least ~3 beginner mountain biking trips and feel ready to level up a bit OR are already a relatively experienced mountain biker. Heyward community forest is quite lovely and has …
DO YOU WANT TO GO RAFTING? I WANT TO GO RAFTING. Let’s do a lap on the Lower James. The Lower James is a great first time rafting trip, we’ll hit some class 2 and class 3 rapids. I will talk you all through basic river safety and all I ask is that you know how to swim & bring …
Hey squad. I hope you all have been enjoying the first couple weeks of the semester!!! And what way to make it better than to join Evelyn and I for a classic O Hill mountain bike ride this Friday afternoon?? Literally can’t think of anything. This is a beginner trip so if you’ve never been on a mountain bike before, …
Calling all future shredders of Ohill. It is time to ride. The weather has been great over the past couple of weeks, so it’s a wonderful time to learn how to ride a mountain bike or get a feel for OHill trails, or both. On the ride we will go over basic body position, braking, shifting, and everything to make …
I don’t know about you, but every time I’ve gone to the Rivanna, I’ve gone, “WOW, this would be so fun to paddleboard!” I finally did it for the first time this spring, and let me tell ya, I was right. SOOO join me (Sarah) and Katie for an epic day of SUPing this Saturday!! Together, we’ll check out a …
Let’s go raft the Lower New! We’re going alongside John’s kayaking trip, and doing intermediate rafting on plenty of class III+ rapids. The White Water: The weather and the water temperatures are both going to be around 75°F, the New will be around 1 foot. This is an intermediate rafting trip, but the only real prerequisites is being good swimmer …
Get ready for a great kayak lap down the lower New! Going to keep this as an intermediate trip for people who are super confident on class III+, feel free to ask if you’re not sure whether this would be a good trip for you. The New will be at around a foot for this trip, chill level but still …
Let’s go kayaking and rafting on the James! This trip to the James is intended for any level but we will be doing the lower section, which is the more difficult of the upper/lower sections of the Falls of the James. Feel free to sign up even if you’ve never kayaked before, the only prerequisite is the ability to swim, …
Hello fellow thoners of the creek, By now you are all signed up for some awesome crunchy creekathon trips. You might be paddleboarding, stilting, yogaing, hot dog eating, etc etc. But what about the journey of getting to the creek? Doesn’t it feel too easy to just pile into a car and magically get there? Noosh and I have a …
It’s time for an Upper James paddleboard trip (No fire, probably no sharks unless we come across a particularly adventurous bull shark, we could definitely see eagles though)! This trip will be a beginner-level trip. We won’t be paddling anything particularly tough, although there are ways to play around and make things more difficult and fun if you are more …
Warm weather and the water is up (sort of), time to hit the James! This trip to the James is intended mainly for intermediate-level paddlers who have paddled whitewater before or attended some pool sessions, if you’re unsure about whether this trip is for you, feel free to ask. We will be doing the lower section, which is the more …
Hey yall come ride with Jackie and me at the Heyward trails! I’m back on the bike after a little tumble at Moab and I am stoked to spread to stoke of mountain biking with the club again! These trails are intermediate so you should have done a few rides and feel comfortable on beginner trails. If you don’t have …
It’s rafting time! With a very special guest making a most triumphant return, he’s coming off the Grand Canyon, he eats granite for breakfast and washes it down with straight river water, he is… MITCH LANG We’re headed out to the New River in West Virginia on a little rafting trip. We’re hitting the lower section of the New River …
In a little-known town, the clock never completes a full circle; it always stops before five in the evening. At this moment, people habitually reach into their ears and carefully extract a miniature mountain bike—as if it were the most natural thing in the world. Gently, they place the tiny bike into clear stream water, letting it gradually enlarge until …
Enjoy high bridges? Need a kayak/whitewater gear? I need to go down to Farmville to pick up a new boat for the club! Figured I’d make a trip out of it and check out High Bridge Trail State Park just outside of Farmville. I haven’t been there yet but it looks pretty interesting, based on the name and a bit …
CALLING ALL BEGINNER MOUNTAIN BIKERS!!! Max and I are co-leading a chill beginner mountain bike trip on the ohill trails this TUESDAY! Here is the plan: we will meet at the shrack (116 Washington Ave) at 3:30, get bikes passed out and set up, and then head up to ohill around 3:45. We’ll ride for about an hour and try …
Unfortunately, the Monday Biking trip is surrounded by rain. But we never admit defeat, we will strike back!!! This will be an intermediate-level trip. So you need some mountain biking experience, but we will do nothing crazy, feel free to join! If you don’t have your own mountain bike or helmet, let me know on the trip questionnaire and we’ll …
Have you been interested in trying out a backcountry MTB ride but not sure which one’s right for you? This is it! Narrowback has super friendly, flowy fun riding with forgiving climbs. We are planning to ride 11mi with 1300′ climbing, and take an easy pace (like really, I’m running the marathon sat so I’ll be pooped!). You’ll get two …
Have one last mtb on ohill before the week really rolls around! This will be an intermediate-level trip. So you need some mountain biking experience, but we will do nothing crazy, feel free to join! If you don’t have your own mountain bike or helmet, let me know on the trip questionnaire and we’ll try to secure you a club …
This is a bit of a special trip to the James, instead of taking the normal line alongside Belle Isle and doing Hollywood rapid, we’ll paddle across the river and run the Hollywood dam drop. This is about a 15-foot drop/steep slide into a pool below (see the trip photo). This is the largest single drop on the lower section …
Back at it again with another trip to the lower James River! The water and weather are really warming up now. This is also when the anadromous fish are starting to run up the river from the ocean to spawn so we’ll likely have plenty of osprey, eagle, and heron activity going on as well as fish potentially jumping at …
The weather is beautiful. The flowers are blooming. The trees have leaves. You want to be a trip leader! Come learn how to lead trips for outdoors club…it’s never too late or too early. show up to Shrack 5pm wednesday Learn the ancient secrets 6pm become a trip leader
Helloooo Shreddlings!! Our friends in the cycling club do something called a Bev ride every Friday evening. This is where they hop on their mountain bikes, ride around ohill, then stop, and drink “beverages” of their choosing. So this FRIDAY (April 4th) we are doing an ODC x Cycling Bev Ride Mixer! It’ll be a chill ride with lots of …
Wanna learn how to mountain bike? Or work on improving your skills? Or just spend some time outside now that we have beautiful spring weather? This trip will be beginner friendly, so we’ll go over the basics and ride some easier trails. The only prerequisite is ability to ride a bike. If you don’t have your own mountain bike or …
My mom always said Monday is the most important date in a week, and morning is the most important time in one day. So let’s ride on Monday Morning! This will be a beginner-level trip, so no experience is required. We’ll go slow and take breaks. The only prerequisite for this trip is being comfortable on a bike. You don’t …
Forecast says 40 degrees and maybe a bit of a break in the clouds. Given the winter we’re having, I’d say that (plus no snow on the ground) is the perfect recipe to get out and bike. This trip is for people who have done at least two or three rides, and now feel confident on beginner trails. If you …
It’s time for another trip leader workshop. The stars have aligned, the temperature will be below freezing, and the shrack couch covers have just been cleaned. Life is beautiful. Come learn how to lead trips for outdoors club…it’s never too late or too early. show up to Shrack 6pm wednesday Learn the ancient secrets 7pm become a trip leader optional: …
Do you know how to lead and are looking for that last piece of the puzzle in being a climbing trip leader— the elusive cleaning technique—- ??? GREAT. In this workshop we will teach you how to clean an outdoor sport route! We will walk you through the process of safely removing an anchor from a sport route, leaving no …
Do you want to know a way to get to class that is less efficient than bicycling? Do you want to get around grounds while looking ridiculous? Then unicycling may be right for you! I recently restored the unicycle ODC had behind the Shred Shrack and am keen to teach people how to use it. We’ll meet at the Shrack …
The James is projected to be at around 11 feet on Sunday because of all this snowmelt (just like out west!) and with Richmond air temperatures in the 60s, it’s a good day to get out there! That being said, this is a high-level intermediate or advanced trip, only for those with significant whitewater experience. The water will still be …
Ever wanted to lead your own trips? Yes? yuh. New trip leaders are born in the spring so come get approved
Hope y’all had a good first 2 weeks of classes! The snow has finally melted from the local trails so we will be riding at Heyward. 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 …
Before the game is over, one last ride!!!!!!!! This will be a beginner-level trip, so no experience is required. We’ll go slow and take breaks. The only prerequisite for this trip is being comfortable on a bike. You don’t need to know anything about biking on trails or mountain bikes, but it’ll be assumed you know the basics of riding …
It is supposed to be super nice this Tuesday so it’ll be a great day to get a long ride in. I am planning to ride a route that is about 20 miles to Owensville, VA and back. I rode this route over the summer and it is a fun ride but super hilly and there are cars so you …
Ski bums, dirtbag climbers, river rats, and trail blazers: this is what you’ve been waiting for all semester. Behold, the most EPIC, only ONCE-in-a-trip-around-the-sun GNAR JOURNEY. We’re awakening from our East Coast slumber, overstuffing cars with loose bagels, and migrating to the ultimate desert mecca: MOAB, UTAH. It’s time to venture into bottomless canyons, conquer slickrock playgrounds, and become one …
Cold, Cold, Cold 🥶 Some mountain biking to warm up???!!! (In the Ohill trial, We’re not really going to the North Pole;) This will be a beginner-level trip, so no experience is required. We’ll go slow and take breaks. The only prerequisite for this trip is being comfortable on a bike. You don’t need to know anything about biking on …
Yo, we need some mountain biking RIGHT NOW!!! No Reason!!! This will be a beginner-level trip, so no experience is required. We’ll go slow and take breaks. The only prerequisite for this trip is being comfortable on a bike. You don’t need to know anything about biking on trails or mountain bikes, but it’ll be assumed you know the basics …
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Are you stoked about leading trips but perhaps weren’t able to make a workshop earlier in the semester? OR maybe you saw the MOAB lottery announcement and want to lead trips to go to Moab during spring break! If you havent seen the announcement here is a link: GET READY TO GNAR (MOAB INFO PART 1) Well its your lucky …
Yo, we need some mountain biking this Friday!!! No Reason!!! This will be a beginner-level trip, so no experience is required. We’ll go slow and take breaks. The only prerequisite for this trip is being comfortable on a bike. You don’t need to know anything about biking on trails or mountain bikes, but it’ll be assumed you know the basics …
Are you stoked about leading trips but perhaps weren’t able to make a workshop earlier in the semester? OR maybe you saw the MOAB lottery announcement and want to lead trips to go to Moab! Well its your lucky day… We’ll be hosting another trip leader workshop this Wednesday in the beloved shred shack living room… come out to learn …
Come Spend Election Day Mountain Biking! (AFTER VOTING! PLEASE EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE!) All that post-voting energy is going to have us itching to go mountain biking on the O’Hill trails. If this trip looks similar to yesterday, that’s because it is. Giving you two chances to join us! This is a beginner trip so no worries if you …
Come Spend Pre-Election Day Mountain Biking! All that waiting to vote on election day (if you haven’t voted already) is going to have us itching to go mountain biking. This is a beginner trip so no worries if you don’t have mountain biking experience. However, please know how to ride a bike before this trip. If you don’t have a …
*** this is a NRGE TRIP you must already be on a Saturday trip and have PAID THE TRIP FEE and signed up for the NRGE CARPOOL!!!!*** On the way to the epic epic New River Gorge we plan on making a stop at one of Virginia’s premier mountain biking destinations: Douthat State Park. Filled with challenging climbs and exhilarating …