Welcome to the web home of the University of Alberta Outdoors Club (UAOC), one of the university's largest clubs with over 300 members. Multi-day and day trips are organized on a monthly basis for club members by the club executive according to the interests of the club membership. Some of our trips are organized around a single activity such as canoeing, mountain biking, rock climbing, or backpacking while others allow members to do as they please in the great outdoors.

Our highlight of the year is the New Year's Extravaganza where we take off some place warm for 10-14 days to enjoy mountain biking, hiking, rock climbing, and sun tanning. This year's destination should be somewhere in California.  Past destinations for this trip have included Big Bend National Park (on the Texas/Mexico border), Santa Cruz Island (off the West coast of the states), Joshua Tree (California), Red Rock (a climbing mecca outside of Las Vegas), the Superstition Wilderness (near Pheonix, AZ), Death Valley (California), Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument (near Tucson, AZ) and Anza-Borrego State Park (near San Diego).

As with our other trips, costs for the New Year's trip are extremely reasonable. Make sure to check out the pictures from this and other trips on our photos page. If you are outdoors oriented, or simply want to meet a great bunch of people, the UAOC is a great club to be a part of!

Membership is open to everyone whether you are a University student or not.