Outing Club
About
The purpose of the New Paltz Outing Club is to provide students at the university with a comfortable environment to get active in the world of outdoor pursuits. The Outing Club offers an outlet for students to get involved and interested in activities that the environment around us has to offer, which is some of the best on the east coast. This club strives to get members of this college community aware of the outdoor opportunities readily available to them in New Paltz and the greater New York area. In order to fully grant students a safe and fulfilling experience, the Outing Club welcomes all students of all levels to participate in planning and embarking on various trips while providing an inventory of gear available to all member students for rental. We have an archive of gear from years past and plan to build a greater inventory as years come and the club continues to grow. Tents, sleeping bags, headlamps, winter gear, climbing equipment, backpacking equipment, and all sorts of gear in between are accessible in our club meeting room. Any individual with a SUNY New Paltz ID has access to these resources to help them turn their outdoor activity dreams into realities. In addition to gear the Outing Club also seeks to match experienced students with those new to certain areas of outdoor adventure sports. The hope is for the skills and knowledge gained from certain areas of our club to be passed onto future generations of outdoor enthusiasts. Here you can find a coexistence of both leadership abilities and respect of the environmental world. To this end we seek to gather individuals of similar interest in the outdoors to create a student-run network connecting those seeking to benefit themselves physically, mentally, and emotionally through time spent in nature. While there is no concrete set of trips done each semester due to the variability of member interest and outdoor pursuit opportunities, the NPOC frequently sets out on excursions such as hiking, camping, rock and ice climbing, whitewater rafting, paddle-sports, mountain biking, cross country skiing, spelunking and snowshoeing. In pursuing these activities and more the SUNY New Paltz Outing Club instills a deep respect for the environment in its member students. It is our mission for the experiences had with our club lay down the foundation for a connection to nature and a passion for adventure, not just in college but for the duration of our lives.