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NEW SCHEDULE POSTED AUGUST 1.
IN THE FALL, CASCADES ADVENTURES WILL BE OFFERING HEADWATERS TRIPS, SKILLS CLINICS, SMALL GROUP OUTINGS, AND PRACTICING PYSICAL DISTANCING.
Step 1. Find a trip below that you want to attend, click the link, and complete the brief registration form.
Step 2. Go to TYKE 110 and pay the fee.
Step 3. Have fun on the trip!
This is a family/household friendly game. Participate in an outdoor based virtual murder mystery. Over the course of 3 weeks, new clues and storylines will be revealed via live Zoom sessions with group interaction. Open to OSU-Cascades students, faculty, staff and their families/household. Can you guess, "Who done it"?
Photo courtesy of: https://tvtropes.org
Topics include:
Wilderness Safety: on our Instagram TV
Leave No Trace: on our Instagram
Hiking with Dogs: on our Instagram
Outdoor Cooking
Wilderness First Aid Kits
Belay School
These will take place on our Instagram @osucascadesadventures via IG Live, IGTV and our feed.
From our own staff and faculty to professionals in the Outdoor world, we'll find out how sports and recreation had an impact on their life and how those experiences helped them develop into who they are today.
Emily McDonald, Admissions Advisor, former OSU-Cascades Alpine Ski Team member, on Instagram Live
Kelly Smith, Associate Director of Student Success at OSU-Cascades. Hear about Kelly's experiences as a Forest Service employee, outdoor education in Alaska and wild adventures in Mexico! Check out the recorded session here.
We'll povide prompts, you provide the creativity, nature provides the motivation!
Check out our Instagram page for weekly activities.
Begings: Week 2, Prompt- the night sky and power of the full moon
Week 3, Prompt- favorite places to recreate
Week 4, Outdoor Appreciation- how to become more earth friendly
Week 5, Spend some quite time in nature and reflect
Join us the first Friday of every month to float the river from River Bend to Drake Park in rafts, tubes and Stand Up Paddleboards! Catch a ride back to campus with Cascades Adventures, or head right downtown for the First Friday Art Walk. Meets on campus at 3:30 p.m.
Join other Bend Beavs for a short hike near campus
Transportation and gear not provided.Physical Distancing will be practiced.
Dates: TBD
The Mountain Rescue Association offers free courses, including Psychological First Aid and other risk management topics in mountain, search & rescue. More info here.
GeoGuessr Let's you "explore the world!" with daily challenges, or choose from different locations. You need to identify where in the world you are by using your surroundings.
Paddling resources, skill instruction and virtual clinics on the cheap for Womxn paddlers here.
Recreation Program Coordinator
Julia Conrad
Email
Phone: 541-322-3116
Tykeson Hall 110