VCU Outdoor Adventure Program

AND THATS A WRAP!! Thank you to everyone who joined us and made all of our trips so special and epic!!😎 Take a peek at all these awesome trips we had go out & had fun on!! 💃🥾🌳

Stay tuned for our summer trips that are going out and even MORE this fall!☀️

Want to take your lead climbing to the next level? Whether you’re learning or leading hard already, join us on THIS Sunday to climb new routes set for lead only! Push yourself to stick the move or take a whip, and sharpen your skills on the sharp end with your friends from 4-8pm on Sunday 4/12

⭐️Lead instructors will be present to help you practice or learn more about lead climbing!⭐️

Trips, trips, and even more trips!🤪 So much is happening in April and YOU🫵 could be apart of it! See if you can collect all the stickers! Learn how to camp with our Intro to Camping 🏕️ weekend, spend a day on the water at our Day Canoe 🛶 or spend a day in the air on a Day Climb! 🧗 So much to do and so much fun to be had 😏

When the student becomes the teacher….. invite your professor to climb THIS FRIDAY from 2-7. Registered non-member faculty can get free admission to the Cary St Gym for this event, so don’t miss your chance for a night of climbing and bonding.

Get in the van, we’re going to Maine! Reach new heights this summer on our Climbing Adventure to Acadia National Park! If you have more questions there are interest meetings on 3/24 and 4/21 at the Outing Rental Center. Make your summer ROCK!

Whether you just started climbing or you’re an avid lead climber, whether you’re a student or faculty, we have a climbing wall special event for YOU🫵this spring☀️🌻🌱We hope you’ll join us for Climbing Project Night🏆, Invite a Professor to Climb🧑‍🏫👨‍🎨👩‍🔬, and Stick it or Whip it🧗🏼‍♀️‼️

🧗Climbing project night: setters create difficult routes in the beginner, intermediate, and advanced category. Those who send the routes get to name them!

🧗Invite a Professor to Climb: professors are encouraged to invite their students and students are encouraged to invite their professors to climb. Registered non-member faculty can get FREE admission to the Cary St Gym for this event, so don’t miss you chance to come climb for FREE

🧗Stick it or Whip it: setters will create new routes with a focus on lead climbing. Sport climbing instructors will be present for impromptu lead clinics or lead climbing practice. This is a great way to practice or learn more about lead climbing in a fun, low stakes environment.

Questions? Don’t hesitate to DM us or stop by the climbing wall desk to ask!🤩

Link in bio for more information about each event and to register💥💥💥

Want to take your indoor climbing skills to the next level⁉️ Join us March 20-22 for our Climbing Wall Instructor (CWI) Course‼️ A course to make you more marketable to climbing gyms, better your instruction and technical climbing skills, and it’s fun⁉️ It’s almost too good to be true‼️ Link to register in bio‼️

HUGE thanks to everyone who came out for our Cary St Crux 2026 last week‼️We had a blast 💥watching you all crush our climbs💪💪We hope to see you all back for Crux 2027🤩🤩🤩

We are super excited to collab with the School of Life Sciences and Sustainability on another summer of Footprints on the James! 👣🏞️ Who could say no to 5 weeks of paddling, learning, and camping on the James River⁉️ We certainty couldn’t…

Applications are closing soon so apply now! If you have any questions email [email protected]. Hope to see you on the river🌊🌊🌊

ice = melting
trips = dropped
coincidence? we think not 😏🌳☀️😎

🫵You could be dripped out with all this swag THIS SATURDAY at the CRUX climbing competition!! Signing up gets you one step closer to being THIS swaggy 😎

‼️‼️‼️Update‼️‼️‼️Due to campus closures this week as well as inclement weather forecasted for this upcoming weekend, Crux is being POSTPONED to SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7!❄️❄️⛄️🚨😁Spread the word that there’s still time to sign up, and we hope to see you all out there⭐️⭐️⭐️