Stress Less Monday: Hike Spencer Butte Mondays can be the worst! You wake up with a full week of school and work ahead of you. You know what would lift your spirits? Frolicking through the wilderness with friends on an Outdoor Program hike!  Get outside, meet new people, and enjoy all the rich natural beauty Eugene has to offer on the Outdoor Program’s stress-less Monday hikes from 3 to 6pm every other Monday. This week, we will be traversing Spencer’s Butte. See you there!   

Pre-Trip: Friday 1/19/24, 5:00pm, at the Bike Program EMU Room 008

UO Students Only. No Refunds.

Time: 3pm - 6pm

Location: OP Rental Barn 3 pm on 1/22/24

Level: 1

Sign up: Yes, call (541)346 -4371 or (541) 346-6092 between 12-5pm

Cost: $5.00

Bike School Open Enrollment

Learn the joy of fixing your own bicycle with in-depth instruction from Bike Program mechanics. This six-session course will teach you to repair and maintain a standard road, mountain, or commuter bike including lessons on flat fixes, hub overhauls, wheel truing, bottom brackets, brakes, drivetrains, and derailleurs. This class does not cover hydraulic or electric systems. Despite this limitation, all bikes are welcome. This course goes from weeks 3-8. The cost is $65. Call the Bike Program to sign-up, 541-346-6092. 

Avalanche Awareness Clinic: Beacons, Probes and Terrain Selection

Join the Outdoor Program for an evening learning about avalanche awareness, and hands-on practice with avi beacons, probes, and shovels.

This event is open to UO students. We will meet at the OP Rental Barn and have a presentation on terrain selection. Then we will get to check out all the resources the OP Rental Barn has for avi gear. Call the OP to sign up at 541-346-4371.

Avalanche Awareness Night - Beacons, Probes, Shovels and Terrain! Join the OP for an evening learning about Avalanche Awareness, and hands on practice with Avi Beacons, probes and shovels! We will meet at 6pm at the OP Rental Barn, and have a presentation on Terrain selection. Then we will get to check out all the resources the OP Rental Barn has for Avi Gear and practice using Avalanche Beacons and Probes. Free event, open to all UO Students and UO Community!

Trip Initiator Clinic

Want to get more involved with the Outdoor Program and initiate your own trips? Come to our Trip Initiator Clinic and learn the ins and outs of our Common Adventure program. In this session, we will be going over how to plan and initiate your own trip as well as our Common Adventure philosophy and liability.

Pre-Trip: No pre-trip for this event

UO Students Only. 

Time: 6 pm - 8 pm

Location: OP Rental Barn, 1225 E 18th Ave, Eugene, OR 97403

Level: ALL 

Sign up: NO, call (541)346 -4371 or (541) 346-6092 between 12-5pm if you have questions.

Cost: Free, just show up at UO Rental Barn! 

FTW Bike School (Femme, Trans, Womyn-identifying Folk) Have the material and psychic conditions of capitalist patriarchy prevented you from being the confident, nerdy bicycle mechanic you would love to be? Calling femmes, women, trans, non-binary, and other gender diverse humans wanting to learn (or learn more) about the joys of bicycle maintenance!!! FTW (Femmes/Trans/Women).   This six-week course covers topics including fixing flats, wheel hub overhauls, wheel truing, brake adjustments, drivetrains, and derailleurs. Scholarships available for folks in financial need. Reach out to bikes@uoregon.edu if you have any questions.  

 

 

Time: 6-8pm Thursdays weeks 3-8

Location: OP Bike Program at the EMU Room 008

Level: ALL 

Sign up: Yes, call (541)346 -4371 or (541) 346-6092 between 12-5pm

Cost: $65 for six week course. Scholorships available call the OP. 

Snow Clinic at OP Rental Barn

Join us for an evening learning how to wax snowboards and skis, answer question about gear, and stirring up hype around skiing/snowboarding. We will also have some free snowboarding and skiing films and hot cocoa on while we run our clinic.

 

Pre-Trip: No pre-trip for this event 

UO Students Only. 

Time: 6 pm - 7:30 pm

Location: OP Rental Barn, 1225 E 18th Ave, Eugene, OR 97403

Level: ALL 

Sign up: No, call (541)346 -4371 or (541) 346-6092 between 12-5pm with any questions! 

Cost: Free, just show up to event! 

Cross Country Ski Outing for Beginners Skiing can be intimidating. If you want to practice skiing, but you have no idea where to start, you’re in luck! The Outdoor Program is hosting a beginner cross country ski event just for you! Leaders Kaba and Andrew will spend all day out in the snow getting your XC-Ski skills up to par. Be prepared to fall a few times in the beginning, but don’t worry! You’ll be XC-Skiing like a pro by the end of the day.    Pre-Trip meeting at OP Rental Barn: If you are on the trip you will receive an email with pre-trip meeting details.    Level: 2    UO Students only, no refunds.    Cost of event: $25    Time: 9:30am - 5:00pm on Saturday January 27th  Sign up: Call the Outdoor Program at 541-346-4371 12pm-5pm to claim your spot!

Ridgeline Trail Hike Come join us for a hike on the Ridgeline Trail near Spencer's Butte!  

Pre-Trip: No pre-trip for this event! 

UO Students Only. No Refunds.

Time: 11am - 2pm

Location: Meet at OP Rental Barn at 11am on Saturday 1/27/24

Level: 1

Sign up: Yes, call (541)346 -4371 or (541) 346-6092 between 12-5pm

Cost: $3.00

   

TRIP IS FULL! Common Adventure: Hoodoo Haven

Calling all skiers/snowboarders! Mac looks forward to meeting new people and enjoying the day on the slope with friends. Join for a full day at Hoodoo!

Sign up on our website under the Common Adventure tab. You will know that you are officially on the trip when you receive an email from the trip initiator. Signing up on the Common Adventure tab does not guarantee you are on the trip. Please wait for the email! You can call and reserve gear at the rental barn if needed! MANDATORY Pre-Trip: January 26th, 2:00 pm at the OP rental barn (a van will be going to Berg's after the meeting for those who need ski rentals, plan to return them on Monday with Mac.) Cost: $11 (bring to the pre-trip meeting to reserve your spot) for gas; Additional costs to consider: $55 for a discounted Hoodoo ticket (must be purchased at the outdoor program barn while they are open, Monday-Friday 12 pm - 5 pm), $39 for rentals at Hoodoo the day of or rentals from the Outdoor Program and/or Berg's ski shop in Eugene. *As soon as you get a confirmation email from Mac that you are on the trip, call the rental barn to reserve gear. If you wait until the end of the week to rent gear, there may be none left! Departure time and place: January 28th, 6:45 am, will depart from Rental Barn Return time and place: January 28th, 9:00 - 11:00 pm at the Rental Barn *Must be a student at the UO to participate, there will be no refunds once you have reserved your spot. 

Trip Initiator: Mac McCarty

Trip Initiator Contact: mmccarty@uoregon.edu

Pre-trip Meeting: Fri, 01/26/2024 - 2:00 pm

Pre-trip Meeting Location: Rental Barn 1225 E 18th Ave, Eugene, OR, 97403

Departure Date: Sun, 01/28/2024 - 6:45 am

Departure Location: Rental Barn 1225 E 18th Ave, Eugene, OR, 97403