Clinics, Classes, & Rides
Learn skills to adventure on your own
The Adventure Program hosts a number of clinics, classes, and rides each semester to help Terps learn technical skills and build confidence for adventuring in the outdoors.
Learn how to cook over a campfire, belay at the climbing wall, take care of your bike, roll a kayak, and more. Expand your opportunities for being active in the outdoors and enhance your intellectual wellness by taking the initiative to learn new skills.
Clinics are open to all UMD students, faculty, and staff. Pre-registration with UID is required. Classes for academic credit are open to current UMD undergraduate students.
Spring 2020 Clinics, Classes, & Rides
To schedule a custom clinic, contact Alex Gebhart at agebhart@umd.edu or 301-226-4421.
Ski Shuttle
Looking hit the slopes this winter? Sign up for the Adventure Program's Ski Shuttle! Wednesday nights are College Night, so bring your UID for $40.00 ski lift tickets! The shuttle will be running to Liberty Mountain and Whitetail Resort on alternating weeks.
Date & Time: Wednesdays January 29 (Whitetail), February 5 (Liberty), February 12 (Whitetail), February 19 (Liberty), and February 26 (Whitetail) from 3:30-10:00 PM
Location: Liberty Mountain and Whitetail Resort
Cost: $10 (Ski lift and rentals not included)
Max Size: 10
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Do you have a bike you’re not sure how to take care of? Join us for bike care basics! This FREE one-hour clinic will walk you through some of the easiest, most important things you can do to keep your bike running well and minimize the downtime you have to endure for your bike!
Date & Time: Session 1: January 30 from 6:30 - 7:30 PM; Session 2: March 26 from 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Location: RecWell Bike Shop
Cost: FREE
Max Class Size: 6
This two-part clinic is designed to provide individuals with the knowledge and skills to plan their own backpacking adventure. Topics covered over the two weeks of the course include: gear selection and sizing, route planning, safety precautions and considerations, and Leave No Trace principles. Commitment to attend both sessions is required. Upon successful completion of the class, participants will receive a certificate for a backpacking gear rental package (backpack, sleeping bag, sleeping pad, tent, headlamp, and stove).
Date & Time: Monday, February 24 and Monday, March 2 from 7:00-9:00 PM
Location: Adventure Program
Cost: $15
Max Class Size: 10
Interested in learning how to belay at the Climbing Wall? This 2-hour program teaches the knots, equipment, and belay technique necessary to pass a belay test with the program. After completing the clinic, come to the wall during open hours to demonstrate the skills required for belay certification in order to receive certification. Once certified, you’ll be able to belay participants at the Climbing Wall.
Dates & Time: Sunday-Thursday from 6:00-8:00 PM from Monday, March 23 through Tuesday May 12
Location: Climbing Wall
Cost: Free
Max Class Size: 3
One of the essential skills to maintain your bike is fixing a flat tire. Learn it here in this FREE one hour clinic! Our mechanics will walk you through the essential steps in identifying and repairing flat tires.
Date & Time: Thursday, April 2 from 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Location: RecWell Bike Shop
Cost: FREE
Max Class Size: 6
Want to learn useful and fun tricks to do on a bike? In this FREE one-hour clinic, our mechanics will demonstrate and help you practice some fun tricks and lend you a bike to practice on.
Date & Time: Friday, April 3 from 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Location: Adventure Program
Cost: FREE
Max Class Size: 8
Are you new to bouldering or struggling to advance your grade? Then this is the clinic for you! You will learn the foundational skills and techniques to increase efficiency and up your bouldering game. No previous experience is required and by the end of the clinic you’ll be ready to boulder on our grotto or at your local gym!
Date & Time: Friday, April 3 from 12:00 - 2:00 PM
Location: Climbing Wall
Cost: $5
Max Class Size: 6
This clinic is designed to introduce the skill of slack lining so that you can feel comfortable and confident trying out the slackline at our climbing wall. No previous experience is required!
Dates & Times: Friday, April 10 and May 1 from 4:00 - 5:00 PM
Location: Climbing Wall
Cost: FREE
Max class size: 6
If you have a bike, you want to keep your brakes working well. In this two-hour clinic, our mechanics will teach you to keep your brakes well-adjusted and help you improve them yourself! Bring your bike or borrow one of ours.
Date & Time: Thursday, April 9 from 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Location: RecWell Bike Shop
Cost: $5
Max Class Size: 6
If you have a bike, you want to keep your gears shifting well. In this two-hour clinic, our mechanics will teach you to adjust your gears to shift properly and help you improve them yourself! Bring your bike or borrow one of ours.
Date & Time: Thursday, April16 from 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Location: RecWell Bike Shop
Cost: $5
Max Class Size: 6
Have you ever wondered what the process is like to set a climbing route? Well wonder no more! This clinic will go over the basics of route setting and give you the opportunity to set you own route on our bouldering grotto!
Date & Time: Friday, April 17 from 12:00 to 2:00 PM
Location: Adventure Program
Cost: $5
Max Class Size: 6
This clinic is designed to give participants an introduction to the art of cooking in the outdoors. Participants prepare and get to enjoy tasting a variety of classic backcountry meals using both a camping stove and a campfire. Participants in this clinic receive a free cooking stove rental for a backcountry trip of their own in the future.
Date & Time: Monday, April 20 from 7:00-9:00 PM
Location: Adventure Program
Cost: $10
Max Class Size: 10
Wilderness First Responder
Dates: August 17-23
Location: Eppley Recreation Center
The Wilderness First Responder program is the ideal medical training for leaders in remote areas including outdoor educators, guides, military, professional search and rescue teams, researchers, and those involved in disaster relief. The curriculum is comprehensive and practical. It includes the essential principles and skills required to assess and manage medical problems in isolated and extreme environments for days and weeks if necessary.
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