Classes & Trips

In partnership with SUSCOM, the Outdoor Experience is hosting 5 Ski Busses this Winter Quarter to bring DU students up to our world-class winter terrain in a safe, sustainable, and affordable manor! Breakfast included!

We will be heading up to one IKON and one EPIC resort area - more info coming soon!

We will be heading up to one IKON and one EPIC resort area - more info coming soon!

In partnership with SUSCOM, the Outdoor Experience is hosting 5 Ski Busses this Winter Quarter to bring DU students up to our world-class winter terrain in a safe, sustainable, and affordable manor! Breakfast included!

In partnership with SUSCOM, the Outdoor Experience is hosting 5 Ski Busses this Winter Quarter to bring DU students up to our world-class winter terrain in a safe, sustainable, and affordable manor! Breakfast included!

Have you been ice climbing curious (ICC) and wondering how the heck one goes about climbing an ephemeral frozen waterfall? Join the Outdoor Experience team as we learn about ice climbing gear and technique indoors and then take these new skills down to the world famous Lake City Ice Park in the beautiful San Juan Mountain Range for a long weekend of ice climbing, learning, and community! We will be staying in a small communal lodge to warm up during both evenings, and ice climbing all day!

This introductory sport climbing anchor building course will introduce several best practices and over-arching principles for anchor building. This course will include hands-on practice and instruction of several anchoring techniques with two-bolt sport anchors.

Learn the basics of indoor roped climbing! We will cover the management of a top rope belay, equipment, basic knots, Safety checks, and commands. These skills can allow you to pass a belay exam in any climbing gym in the front range! We will also cover basic climbing movement technique to start your climbing career off on the right foot!

Drop by our info session to learn more about the Outdoor Experience's Outdoor Leadership Lab taking place in the Spring Quarter of 2025! The Outdoor Leadership Lab will train leaders to move confidently, manage people and tasks, and employ multiple methods for making decisions with outdoor environments. Course work will employ scenario-based learning, reflection, and hands-on learning utilizing the outdoor amenities at the James C. Kennedy Mountain Campus and beyond. 

Drop by our info session to learn more about the Outdoor Experience's Outdoor Leadership Lab taking place in the Spring Quarter of 2025! The Outdoor Leadership Lab will train leaders to move confidently, manage people and tasks, and employ multiple methods for making decisions with outdoor environments. Course work will employ scenario-based learning, reflection, and hands-on learning utilizing the outdoor amenities at the James C. Kennedy Mountain Campus and beyond. 

Our Wilderness First Aid (WFA) course partners with Desert Mountain Medicine to deliver an interactive program designed for the outdoor enthusiast, trip leader, raft guide, or land agency field staff who want more than what an urban first aid course provides. The WFA is a great introduction to wilderness medicine and basic life support skills. This training focuses on prevention, assessment, and treatment of environmental illnesses, recognizing and stabilizing life threats caused by trauma, and calling for a rescue in the event of a wilderness emergency.