Trips & Activities
The Outdoor Program offers a wide variety of services and activities to the University community. Cooperative trips are cost sharing. Participants supply their own food and own personal equipment through rental or purchase. Required pre-trip meetings are held to work out trip details. Listed fees are for transportation, group gear and instruction (if provided).
Trip sign-ups are available in the Outdoor Program Office.
Special Events
Show your Vandal ID Card for free Climbing Center rentals during regular business hours noon to 9 p.m. This event is open to the public.
2021 Dates: Aug. 27, Sept. 24, Oct. 29, and Nov. 19
Questions? Contact Nathan Moody at 208-885-6810 or nmoody@uidaho.edu
If you aren’t good at bowling, like to climb and want to gather a team of crushers to compete in a six week bouldering league, you are in luck! Six rounds of new and exciting boulders each week.
Date: Sept. 20 - Oct. 29
Cost: $60
Registration: Please sign-up in advance to reserve your spot.
Questions? Contact Nathan at 208-885-6810 or email nmoody@uidaho.edu
Help us partner with the BLM to clean the river by raft. To sign-up, or for more information, contact the Outdoor Program.
Date: Sept. 26 from 7 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Cost: Free
Pre-Trip: Sept. 21 at 5 p.m.
Questions? Contact the Outdoor Program at 208-885-6810.
A frighteningly fun climbing competition that marks the end of the Bowldering League.
Dates: Oct. 29 at 5 p.m.
Cost: $10
Divisions:
- Minimum grade bouldering V0
- Minimum grade bouldering V2
- Minimum grade bouldering V4
- Minimum grade bouldering V8
Registration: Register at the Climbing Center
Note: To compete, competitors must download the MyClimb app in Google Play for Android, or the App Store. After creating a MyClimb account and registering for the University of Idaho Climbing Center, navigate to the sign-up for your division before the competition.
Questions? Contact Nathan at 208-885-6810 or nmoody@uidaho.edu.
Bring in your new or used equipment to sell or barter. Tons of great gear and screaming deals!
Date: Nov. 11 from 6 - 8 p.m.
Location: Multi-Activity Court (MAC)
Admission: Limited entry - first come, first served.
- $10 to sell your own gear - set up starts at 5 p.m.
- $5 per person | 6 - 6:30 p.m.
- $1 per person | 6:30 - 7 p.m.
- Free | 7 - 8 p.m.
U of I students and children under 12 are free for the entire event.
Save the Date
Questions? Contact the Outdoor Program at 208-885-6810.
This course is an introduction to wilderness medicine and basic life support skills. Includes CPR certification. Courses take place at the Student Rec Center. Register by Dec. 3, 2021. Taught by Desert Mountain Medicine.
Full Course: Jan. 5 - 9, 2022
Cost: $735
Refresher Course Dates: Jan. 8 - 9, 2022
Cost: $335
Questions? Contact the Outdoor Program at 208-885-6810.