Outdoor Adventures

Outdoor Adventures (OA) serves the USD community with opportunities to experience outdoor activities that aim to promote personal growth, leadership development, relationship building and environmental responsibility. We offer a variety of local, regional and international outings that includes Pre-Orientation Adventure, overnight trips, outdoor recreation classes and day trips around San Diego. We also operate a rental shop and resource center for individuals that choose to venture on their own excursions and need some equipment or guidance.

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Here’s to another year of adventuring with some ridiculously awesome people.
Feeling pretty good now that finals are over! Have a great break!
Soup pOArty success! One of our favorite gatherings of the year. Extra special thanks to our esteemed, respected and wise soup judges.
How far would you bike for gelato? Many thanks to our night riders and @gelatoparadiso for the informative and memorable visit!
We 🚲 for gelato!
Favorite photo from our Thanksgiving trip. These turkeys took on a life of their own last week. How can you not have fun with a turkey on your head?
Congratulations to our Woman of Impact! It’s awesome to see @yourwongandonly recognized for her work across campus!
Thanksgiving on the Colorado River is always a special experience. A highlight of our most recent trip was meeting OA Guide, Rich Schrader’89, who was camping on the river with family and friends celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary. Rich’s first trip on the river was with Outdoor Adventures as an undergrad student many years ago. Today he runs @riversourcesf - a non-profit/consulting organization that supports people living as good stewards of their watersheds by providing watershed science and policy education, planning, monitoring, ecological restoration and adapting to climate change. He inspired us to live out our Changemaker values as Torero’s and is an example of how we can discover our passion at USD and take action to make a positive difference in our community.
Not your typical camping dinner. Definitely not a one pot meal. On our Colorado River canoe trip we had five students celebrating their first Thanksgiving. The entire day was an opportunity to reflect and practice gratitude. Everyone was able to contribute to our meal complete with entertainment.
No better place to spend time on black Friday. #optoutside