Spring Break: Redwoods & Tidepools
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Spring Break: Explore The Redwood Forests, Beaches and Tidepools
Come stay in Redwood National Park for Spring Break!
We’ll spend the week hiking through huge redwood forests and stunning beaches on the Pacific Ocean. We’ll also visit magnificent tidepools along the Southern Oregon and Northern California coast. You can expect to see majestic trees, wildflowers, elk, cormorants, egrets, and other wildlife. In the evenings, we’ll have time play games, socialize, read, and relax.
We’ll stay in rustic cabins, and work together to cook our meals in an indoor group kitchen. The facility is off-the grid, with limited running water and lights, but no showers or outlet power. Due to the nature of the rustic outdoor kitchen, this trip can only accommodate omnivore and vegetarian diets; we cannot accommodate vegan, gluten-free, or other specialized dietary restrictions. This trip returns to campus late Friday, but ends Saturday after brunch and required clean-up activities Saturday morning. Redwoods are the tallest living things in the world – don’t miss this opportunity to live among them for a week!
Spring Break trips can count as an activity credit for graduation! You can get credit in PE/A 101 “Outdoor Adventures” for participation in this trip as long as you register through WebAdvisor prior to the end of the add/drop period. To be granted registration permissions, email kori@lclark.edu.
How to Register
Registration Opens:
Friday, January 31st, 2025 (earlier for those registered for credit)
Trip Fee: $595 / $297*
*We have a limited amount of scholarships available based on financial need. If you qualify, the trip fee is cut in half thanks to scholarship funding from ASB. We accept cash, checks, credit/debit cards, and apple/samsung/google pay.
How to Sign Up:
To register for a trip, stop by the College Outdoors office in Fowler 239. We’re open Mon - Thurs 9am-5pm, and Fridays 9am-3pm.
Registration is all first paid first serve.
Trip Type
- Overnight in rustic yurts or cabins
- Hiking
- Environmental Ed
Physical Demands
No experience necessary! We’ll teach you all the skills needed to participate. The distance and pace of hikes will be tailored to the group and weather conditions.
Participants should be prepared to spend several hours at a time hiking on uneven terrain.
Accessibility accommodations are available, contact outdoors@lclark.edu.
What to Expect
- ☑ Sleeping indoors
- ☐ Sleeping outdoors
- ☐ Electricity
- ☐ Wifi
- ☐ Cell phone service
- ☑ Heating
- ☑ Beds
- ☑ Bathrooms
- ☑ Gender-inclusive bathrooms
- ☑ Showers
- ☐ Wheelchair accessible
- ☐ Food for any Dietary Restrictions
Amenities
Pre-Trip Meeting
College Outdoors trips have a Pre-Trip Meeting (PTM) prior to the trip to help you prepare, which takes place at the Sequoia warehouse on the Graduate Campus.
At this meeting you’ll meet the trip leaders and other participants, learn more about the trip activity, location, and schedule, and be given a packing list of everything you need for your trip. The trip leaders and Sequoia staff will then help you find and borrow anything on the packing list that you’d like to borrow. We have high-quality outdoor clothing and equipment, and it’s all free to use for your trip!
If you miss a Pre-Trip Meeting, check your email for important info you missed.
CO Policies
All trip participants and leaders are expected to follow CO policies, which can be found here. This document includes info on healthy practices, water/swimming policies, environmental safety, community standards, and leader responsibilities.
Sequoia Warehouse
Sequoia is the College Outdoors warehouse, located on the Graduate Campus. Everything you’ll need is available for free when you come on a College Outdoors Trip. At Sequoia you will find:
- Clothing needed for your trip, including any relevant outerwear and specialty items needed for the activity. Sizes range from XS - XXL and come in gendered an non-gendered designs.
- Gear needed for your trip, such as sleeping bags, backpacks, water bottles, and much much more.
- Equipment such as tents, cookware, first-aid kits, and boats, which trip leaders will pack for each trip as needed.
- Gender-neutral bathrooms, which can also be used as changing rooms.
- Staff available to answer your questions.