Events
Upcoming Trips and Events:
New Years Extravaganza 2005
Biggest and best trip of the year, great time, 13 days, and inexpensive. Details have finnally arrived!
Where: Death Valley, Point Mugu State Park, Las Vegas
When: December 26 2005 - Jan 7th 2006
Cost: $410
Signup: Monday November 7th, Room 606 SUB, 5:30PM
For a comicly enhanced trip outline, click this link!
Club Tee-Shirts and New Logo:
CONTEST OVER
Cost: TBA
The contest is over and was a success! We have picked a winner, Jenni-Mai Gregg. Check out the winner (it is at the bottom of the page. Apparently we had difficulty before where poeple forgot to scroll down) , as well as all entries into the contest. Thanks to all participants.
Outdoors Club Ski-Trip
CANCELLED. Could have been a great trip, mabye just a bad time to run it. Hopefully January or February we will try this again. Visit the office for a refund.
Ice Climbing
Cost: $200
January 13-15, Jaunary 27-29, March 3-5, March 10-12, March 17-19
Weekend get-away to Nordegg at COE.
Signups to start soon.
Successfully Run Trips This Year
Annual General Meeting
Date: September 13, 5 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: Ed 2-129
Activities: Explanation of the club and trips to be run
MEC presentation on Backpacking Lightly and in a sustainable manner:
Date: September 14 @ 7:30
Location:ETLC 1-017
Cost:FREE
Climbing Documentry presented by MEC
When: Tuesday, Nov 8th, 7:00PM
Where: RAM Auditorium
Tickets at MEC
http://www.faclimbingfilms.com/
Seventh Annual Jasper Kick-off trip:
Date: Sept.16-18
Cost: $10, drivers do not pay for gas.
What: Anything! Car pool to Jasper friday, and do any activity you want the next two days (hiking, biking, climbing, knitting, ect). Camp and have some fun friday and saturday night, then come home sunday evening.
Mountain Biking (Intermediate):
Date: September 30 - October 2
Location: TBA (mountains somewhere)
Cost:camping/food/gas
Whitewater Canoeing (Beginner)
Date: September 30-Oct.2
Location: Rocky Mtn. House (HELA)
Cost: $155 (Includes gst, food, accommodations, rentals and
instruction), $40 deposit on signup (~%)
Rock/Caving trip Sept 30-Oct.2 @ COE
Cost: $200 (gst included. A great deal given specially to the club by the COE. With a decade of hiring their services, they still give us better deals than any other companies that dont even include food or accomadation)
Includes: food, accomodation, instruction, hot tub. Does not include gas money.
Lead Rock Climbing Course Sept 30-2 @ COE CANCELLED! Please come to the office for a refund.
Celebration of The Nahanni National Park Reserve :
Date: November 16, Time TBA
Location: Myer Horowitz Theatre
Cost: ~$10
Shunda Creek Cabin Fever Fall 2005
Where: Shunda Creek Hostel in Nordegg. We have the entire Hostel booked!
When: November 18-20
Cost: $40 cost for accomodation
This is the weekend after the rememberance day long weekend so you should be done your second set of mid-terms and this is before BIG projects hit the crunch time.
TRIP IS NOW FULL
Potential Trips:
Snowshoeing
Cross-Country Skiing
Hostel Trip
Climbing Night at Urban Uprising
WHO:Anyone who wants to get into climbing, can only spare the time on a week night, and to meet other beginners in the UAOC like yourself
WHAT:Indoor wall climbing introduction that includes bouldering and using the
high wall with belaying lessons
WHEN:Thursday October 27 from 6-8pm...you can climb longer if you like
WHERE:Urban Uprising in the Butterdome on campus in the far back corner
WHY: Why not? Great way to get introduced to climbing, its cheap!!
HOW:It's on campus...so whatever mode of transporation you use to get to class
COST: $15 includes 2 hour lesson, rental shoes and harness!!!!
Outdoor Survival :
Date: October 28-30
Cost: $50
This trip is being run by renowned survival instructor Mors Kochanski. He'll teach us pretty much anything we want to learn, plus we get to stay in one of his stove heated super shelters so there shouldn't be any worries about being cold.
Last Year Trips (2004,2005):
Nordegg Hostel Weekend
Date: April 1-3
Avalanche Awareness Level 1 (RAC) (c/o Centre for Outdoor Education)
Dates: Mar. 5-6 or Mar. 26-27
New Years Extravaganza 2004:
Big Bend and Organ Pipe Cactus National Parks in Texas and Arizona
Dec 26 - Jan 10
Red Cross Standard First Aid
Sept.11 - 12
6th Annual Jasper Retreat
Sept. 17 - 19
Exposure to Indoor Climbing
Sept. 21, Oct. 18
Bragg Creek Mountain Biking
Sept. 24 - 26
Siffleur Intro to Backpacking
Sept. 24-26
Skyline Intermediate Backpacking
Sept. 24-26
Wapiabi Caving
Oct. 1-2, 2-3
Rock Climbing and Caving
Oct. 8-10
Wilderness Survival
Nov. 5-7
Nordegg Hostel Weekend
Nov. 19-21
Winter Wilderness Survival
Jan. 21-23, 2005
Ski/snowboard at Marmot Basin
Jan. 29-30, 2005
Hockey Night Out (Golden Bears vs. UBC Thunderbirds)
Friday, February 11th @ 7:30pm
BEARS WIN A NAILBITER 4-3!
Intro To X-Country Skiing (max. 20 people)
Canceled due to lack of snow!
Date: Sunday, March 13 (12-5pm)
Location: Strathcona Wilderness Center
Intro to Ice Climbing
Jan. 14-16,
Jan. 28-30,
Feb.18-20,
Mar. 11-13(Full),
Mar.18-20(New Date),
Mar. 25-27(Canceled).
Location: Nordegg, AB