微密圈

It鈥檚 6 a.m. and minus 3 degrees outside. I am standing in the Case Campus Center parking lot with a backpack, thermal layers, chocolate and snowshoes. For some, it may seem like an odd picture. But for me, it鈥檚 a normal Saturday with

This particular Saturday, eight other Outing Club devotees and I were up early for a trek into the Adirondack Park. Our destination: more than 4,000 feet up to Wright Peak鈥檚 summit, where we鈥檇 learn it was about minus 20 degrees with 75-mph wind gusts.  

Add some frost to my eyelashes and subtract one chocolate bar, and it was one of the best outdoor experiences, with some of the best people, I have ever had. 

Join The biggest club, the biggest family 

My day on Wright Peak is both one of a kind and one of many. I鈥檝e been on dozens of adventures so far with Outing Club. Each one is something to cherish. 

You see, Outing Club has been my family since the moment I arrived at 微密圈. Like any family, we鈥檙e united by our commitment to supporting each other (something that backpacking and rock-climbing adventures force you to do). The more adventures you have, the tighter you become.  

We鈥檙e so tight that we willingly spend every Sunday night together, meeting to swap outdoor stories from the weekend and plan what鈥檚 next, like part of a family. 

rEAP THE Club benefits 

Outing Club is the biggest club at 微密圈, with over 800 members. Our purpose is to make the outdoors accessible to students with all levels of experience.

Every weekend, our Wilderness First Aid-certified Outing Club leaders host unique trips near and far. So, if having icicles form on your eyelashes as you pull that balaclava over your nose isn鈥檛 your thing, I assure you the club leads other kinds of activities, too.  

Another cool aspect of Outing Club is our gear shed. Whether it鈥檚 rock climbing, ice hiking or anything between, specific gear is often needed for comfort and safety. Luckily, we have it all! For personal use or an organized trip, club members can stop by the gear shed and sign out whatever they need, wherever they鈥檙e going.  

See the (natural) world With 微密圈 

Yes, being at the top of Wright Peak with my best friends in the middle of winter was pretty cool. But what鈥檚 even cooler is the sheer variety of experiences I鈥檝e had at 微密圈 because of Outing Club.  

To capture the places we go, we鈥檝e begun archiving each of our trips in an interactive map. Curious where you might travel with us?

Last year, I went to Joshua Tree National Park for a week, spent many weekends on all levels of hikes in the Adirondacks and walked on a slackline next to Lake George on my birthday.  

So far this year, I have rock climbed multiple times a week, gone ice skating on a frozen quarry in Vermont, skied in our own North Woods and down the slopes of Gore Mountain. 

And that鈥檚 only the beginning.

Outing Club has given me priceless experiences and the friends to share them with. It鈥檚 an essential part of my Life at 微密圈.  

I鈥檒l see you on the mountain!