Every UVM student is a member of the Outing Club! We openly invite all UVM students to come to the OC house, sign up for a trip, eat some food and stay for a meeting!

Founded in 1932, the mission of the University of Vermont Outing Club is to provide affordable wilderness trips, instruction, leadership training and certification opportunities for students. We also provide a comprehensive array of affordable rental equipment to the UVM community. It is our further goal to promote enjoyment, safe use and responsible stewardship of the environments we travel in through practice of Leave No Trace principles.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Backcountry Skiing Big Jay














Fresh powder, relatively warm temperatures and a great group of energetic skiers made the BC ski day at Big Jay an outstanding trip! Led by Tyler and Cathering, we started out bright and early and were skinning into Jay State Forest by 10am, all the while being covered in a light blanket of new snow. Big Jay faces east and sits just south of Jay Peak Resort. However, Big Jay is accessed best by foot...well, ski. Delighted to have the entire bowl almost to ourselves, we practiced the art of kick turns and set a very efficient track up to temping chutes.Our hard work was rewarded with excellent conditions that made it hard to quit. After a very full afternoon we returned to Burlington pooped, but psyched for the opportunity to get out and do it again!

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