The Upper Yough is releasing this weekend, so let’s go! LOGISTICS: Saturday and Monday we will be running the UY for its release, and Sunday plans are up in the air, possibly the Savage. Probably crashing at Dave Kessman’s, depending on the total number of people going. For food, BYO, as it is summer and the club does not cover …
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Winter Break Backpacking in Ocala National Forest, Fl
Sooo, classes don’t start until Wednesday, January 19th, let’s go backpacking! Ocala National Forest in Central Florida has about 70 miles of continuous trails that run through a mix of pine and hardwood forests, prairies, lakes, and swamps. The plan is to backpack the the majority of the length of the forest over 6 days. Here is a great resource …
Winter Break Backpacking in Ocala National Forest, Fl
Sooo, classes don’t start until January 20th, let’s go backpacking! Ocala National Forest in Central Florida has about 70 miles of continuous trails that run through a mix of pine and hardwood forests, prairies, lakes, and swamps. The plan is to backpack the length of the forest over 6 days. Here is a great resource with info about the trail …
Spring Break Ski/Board/Road Trip to Steamboat, Co
This trip is designed to do some peak season Colorado skiing while taking advantage of half-price lift tickets at Intrawest resorts for those with Snowshoe season passes. (The trip is listed at $0.00 since it will vary depending on how many sign up, please see the section after the $$$$$$$’s for a cost estimate.) We’ll be leaving Charlottesville around midday …
New River Kayaking, Canoeing, Fishing, and Camping Trip!
For reading days, I’m planning a canoeing, kayaking, fishing, and camping trip on a few sections of the river south of the Gorge. This water ranges from flat water to Class III, so you should definitely have some experience on whitewater if you’re going to sign up for this trip. Below is our itinerary: Friday night: camp at Glade Creek …
Gauley Fest!
Gauley Fest is the whitewater kayaking festival of the year on the East Coast. American Whitewater hosts this event every year to celebrate the halting of a hydro-electric plant that would have ruined the boating on the Gauley, it has attracted thousands of canoers and kayakers each year. Check out the website at http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/Wiki/aw:events_gauley. The Gauley is a big river, …
Advanced Kayaking New River Gorge
We will head out this saturday night and paddle the new river gorge on sunday. This should be awesome. This trip is for advanced paddlers only. If you are not solid on class IV, don’t sign up. Keep in mind that the river is at 3.83 feet, which is higher than we’ve paddled this year so far. Note: leaving time …
National Trails Day
June 3, 2006 is the 14th National Trails Day so all over the country people we be volunteering at their local parks. All morning on June 3rd Rock Creek Park in Washington will have volunteers for trail maintenance, trash pick-up, and invasive species management. You get a free lunch and the opportunity to help maintain the great outdoors that you …
Leg 1 of Summer: Vancouver, Bc
I flew threw Vancouver last summer, and I’ve wanted to go back ever since. It’s a pretty spectacular city. Set on a sound, surrounded by the towering Pacific Rockies, to-be host of the 2010 Olympic games. Tickets from Dulles are about 440 right now, and I don’t know how long that will last. I want to get some and go …
Caving at Grottoes
The Virginia Region of the NSS is having its spring caving extravaganza at Grottoes, just on the other side of SNP, in a couple of weekends. There will be a ton of experienced cavers there, and a bunch of caves to be explored. There will also be country-style baked chicken and camping. I want to take a few people to …
Grand Canyon Service and Backpacking
They canceled my freaking J-Term class. So I’m going to go do something I like more anyway. That is: go to the Grand Canyon, backpack, volunteer, and camp from Jan 4- Jan 10. Basically, I signed up for a program managed by the National Park Service, and Grand Canyon Volunteering specifically. They provide food, organization, and special gear. Volunteers provide …
Thanksgiving Break Scuba Diving
Andy Nosal, the founder of the scuba club, and I are putting together a scuba diving trip to Key Largo, FL during the first part of Thanksgiving Break. Here are the details: In order to get the cheap gear rental, you would have to join the Scuba Club ($10). We are planning a road trip down to Key Largo, FL …
Rtf Workday
Last Rivanna Trails Foundation workday of the semester is this Saturday. If you are interested in helping out from about 9-12 Saturday morning, we would love to have you. We are probably working close to home around the Barracks road trail head. We’ve had great turn out all year, let’s keep it up! We will arrange carpools as needed.
Rivanna Trail Foundation Monthly Workday
This Saturday is the RTF’s monthly trail work day. We work from 9-12 with other members of the RTF and community to maintain and construct parts of the Rivanna Trail system. This weekend we will likely be working between Ivy Rd and Fontaine Ave right in our backyard!. We would normally carpool but it might be better to try to …
Winterbreak in California!!
There has been a large interest among club members to get to California at some point in their life to experience all the beauty it has to offer. How does this winterbreak sound?! If you have never experienced California before, then this is a great opportunity. I’ll be setting up this trip for 5 club members between December 27 and …
Spring Break climbing at Red Rocks
The magnificent Red Rock Canyon located 15 miles outside of Las Vegas is home to some of the world’s best climbing and has typically great weather over spring break. Paul Fomalont will be our guide to all the great places Red Rock Canyon (and Vegas!) have to offer. The climbing at Red Rocks is on beautiful multi colored sandstone rock. …
Spring Break Climbing Bliss
The magnificent Red Rock Canyon located 15 miles outside of Las Vegas is home to some of the world’s best climbing and has typically great weather over spring break. The climbing at Red Rocks is on beautiful multi colored sandstone rock. It is known for both its short overhanging sport routes and its massive multi pitch traditional routes. Spending the …