Outdoor Adventures wants to help you get outside for your favorite activities or those you have yet to discover. Our clinics include a variety of outdoor learning topics to give you the skills and confidence to adventure on your own or join the Outdoor Adventures team at CSUB. 

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If you are interested in working for Outdoor Adventures or developing leadership skills, the Adventure Clinics are perfect for you. Adventure Clinics consists of a series of workshops designed to develop skill and understanding in various hands on skills and leadership competencies needed to be an effective leader, particularly in the outdoors.

                 

Outdoor Skills Clinic Series

Venturing into the outdoors can be an intimidating endeavor, especially if you do not have experience. The Outdoor Skills Clinics will provide you with hands on experience to practice various activities that will make you more comfortable to try new things in the outdoors. Clinics may include: Tent Set-up, Meal Planning for the Outdoors, Outdoor Cooking,

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Working for Outdoor Adventures

Working for Outdoor Adventures is a fun way to develop leadership skill and be able to participate in your favorite outdoor activities. The process for becoming a member of our trip staff includes participating in Adventure Clinics (AC).

Being an outdoor leader is more than being able to climb or paddle; it’s a partnership of passion, training, and experience. Adventure Clinics will provide you with the tools to pursue a life of adventure. Whether you want to be Outdoor Adventures Trip Staff, work for camps or other adventure programs, or just looking to enhance your personal pursuits; AC has something for everyone.

This program is designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills necessary to start your journey into trip leading.

Here are the steps to becoming a Trip Leader for Outdoor Adventures

• Step 1:
  • Email outdooradventures@csub.edu expressing your interest to begin the apprentice process.
• Step 2:
  • Attend the at least (2) Adventure Clinics
  • Attend one (1) Outdoor Adventures Trip
    • OR
  • Attend the Intro to Backpacking Trip
  • Attend one (1) other Outdoor Adventures Trip
• Step 3: Apprenticeship*
  • Apprentice Outdoor Adventure Trips
  • Check off trip leaders skills with trip leaders while on trip

*Apprenticeship entails attending the trip as a leader in training. The expectation is that you transition from a participant on a trip to an active leader.