Outdoor Adventures' Offerings
Outdoor Adventures offers a variety of outdoor adventure activities to students, faculty/staff, and community members throughout the entire year. Our vast programming offers amazing experiences that anyone can enjoy. For water lovers, we have whitewater rafting, standup paddle boarding, and whitewater kayaking. For land lovers - backpacking, camping, hiking, rock climbing, snowshoeing, and cross country skiing. This page is generally updated with the next quarter's offerings about a month out from registration opening.
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REGISTRATION OPENS 4/1/2024 AT NOON!
Trip Information
We have created trip packets to assist you in planning for your trip. These packets give details such as which meals are provides, what equipment is provided and what you will want to pack. Meeting times in these packets are approximates and will be solidified by your guide staff during the pre-trip meeting.
Backpacking: Desolation Wilderness
Check out the Participant Trip Packet for our Desolation Wilderness Backpacking trips. This packet will have everything you need to know to properly prepare for your adventure!
Backpacking: Lassen Foothills
This is a new trip location and does not yet have a specific trip packet. Attached is a general trip packet for our backpacking program.
Camping: Humboldt Redwoods
Check out the Participant Trip Packet for Humboldt Redwoods Camping. This packet will have everything you need to know to properly prepare for your adventure!
Camping: Gold Country Raft and Camp
Check out the Participant Trip Packet for our Gold Country Raft and Camp trips. This packet will have everything you need to know to properly prepare for your adventure!
Day Hike: Point Reyes
Check out the Participant Trip Packet for Point Reyes Day Hikes. This packet will have everything you need to know to properly prepare for your adventure!
Whitewater Rafting - South Fork American River
We offer whitewater rafting on 2 different sections of the South Fork of the American River - the Upper and the Lower. Both sections are jam packed with amazing class III rapids and a great experience for both folks who are new to rafting and those who have been before. Trip meeting time and location differ depending on the section of river you have signed up for. We will email you this information the week before the trip. We do not provide transportation and can not help with car pool.