YAAAAAARRG!! Feeling islandish? Are you looking to sail the high seas on the Jolly Roger (Island Packers ferry) in search of buried treasure (the Channel Islands)? Join Sailingtheoceanseas Orion and Questfortreasure Quintin on a long weekend INTERMEDIATE Camping trip! We’ll be hitting the road on Friday and camping in Morro Bay before setting sail (taking a ferry) Saturday morning. Once ashore, we will ransack Santa Cruz Island, the largest island of the Channel Islands. The legends of the “Galapagos of North America” have foretold of beautiful islands, hundreds of unique plant and animal species, and stunning coastline everywhere you gaze. We’ll be embarking on a quest including beach time, epic sunsets, hiking, and good grub. On Sunday we will be hiking the plank to Smuggler’s Cove (that’s actually what it’s called), a 7-8 mile hike with low elevation, as well as some other shorter jaunts around the island. This trip requires INTERMEDIATE pirate proficiency due to the length of the trip and hikes. Once our cutthroat crew conquers the curse of the Channel Islands, we will get back to the schooner Monday morning and set sail with our spoils and stories of swashbuckling with scallywags. We will have you back at campus with the landlubbers on Monday night. Grab your peg legs, eye patches, and hooks and get ready to plunder! Tickets will be 175 doubloons, but reach out to jrouth@scu.edu if you’d like to request financial aid. This trip is also application based in order to reserve ferries ASAP and figure out what time to leave on Friday. Ahoy mateys!!!

If you have any questions, please contact:

Orion- ocook@scu.edu

Quintin- qrobert@scu.edu

WHAT'S HAPPENIN BADDIANAS… I bet you have no plans for the long weekend, but lucky for you, we're going to the Lost Coast and you're coming along. This trip has never been run before, but thankfully due to emerging technological advancements, we will be able to hike the entirety of the Lost Coast trail in one particularly long weekend. Join Waxed Willy, Baddie Bella, Hot Hallie, and Cute Cam for the trip of a lifetime, drumroll… INTERMEDIATE LOST COAST BACKPACKING. We will be heading out on Saturday morning at dawn (literally we're leaving at 5:00 am sharp). After a quick 6-hour drive to our trailhead, we will get started on the next 25 miles of our lives. We're looking at a breezy 8-12 miles a day on beachy terrain (roughly flat) and staring at the beautiful Pacific Ocean. We will be back at campus by 7 pm on Monday night and say our forever goodbyes. Due to the nature of this trip, we will have an application to ensure that it is a good time and that everyone makes it back in one piece. With love and gratitude. Tickets will be $____.

Reach out with questions if you want, or no?

Isabella ifasolino@scu.edu

Willy wmondress@scu.edu

Hallie hkomessar@scu.edu

Cam crast2@scu.edu

SAT — MON: WHAT'S HAPPENIN BADDIANAS… I bet you have no plans for the long weekend, but lucky for you, we're going to the Lost Coast and you're coming along. This trip has never been run before, but thankfully due to emerging technological advancements, we will be able to hike the entirety of the Lost Coast trail in one particularly long weekend. Join Waxed Willy, Baddie Bella, Hot Hallie, and Cute Cam for the trip of a lifetime, drumroll… INTERMEDIATE LOST COAST BACKPACKING. We will be heading out on Saturday morning at dawn (literally we're leaving at 5:00 am sharp). After a quick 6-hour drive to our trailhead, we will get started on the next 25 miles of our lives. We're looking at a breezy 8-12 miles a day on beachy terrain (roughly flat) and staring at the beautiful Pacific Ocean. We will be back at campus by 7 pm on Monday night and say our forever goodbyes. Due to the nature of this trip, we will have an application to ensure that it is a good time and that everyone makes it back in one piece. With love and gratitude. Tickets will be $____.

Reach out with questions if you want, or no?

Isabella ifasolino@scu.edu

Willy wmondress@scu.edu

Hallie hkomessar@scu.edu

Cam crast2@scu.edu

Greetings wild ones! Do you want to take on the Big Sur Wilderness with Tantalizing Tor and Charming Charlie? Join us on an epic advanced overnight to Last Chance Falls and be back in time for the Super Bowl!! We will be leaving at 7am on Saturday from the Bronco statue, driving two hours to our campsite, dropping our stuff, and jolting up 7.5 miles and 3,700 feet of elevation to Last Chance Falls. We will then descend 7.5 miles back down to camp and munch down a tasty dinner before hitting our tents for an early slumber. On Sunday morning, we will rise bright and early and aim to be back on campus by 11am for Super Bowl festivities! Tickets will be $53. Please feel free to reach out to Charlie (401-316-1996) or Tor (206-849-0705) with any questions.

Howdy Wildings!!! Looking for a once in a lifetime trip to see a natural phenomenon!!! This is your chance! Join Jinger Julia, Ginger Grace, and Karrot-top Kenzie on Week 5. We’ll be departing campus at 6:30am on February 7th and heading towards Yosemite for the spectacular firefalls. We will be setting up camp and embarking on a lovely hike exploring the Yosemite Valley, ultimately ending up at El Cap to see the gorgeous firefalls. This is a 10 mile round trip hike but has very little elevation and will be broken up with lots of breaks!! We’ll have a spectacular dinner that night underneath the insane Yosemite stars. We will wake up Sunday morning and start our day with another spectacular hike before heading back to campus and arrive by 4pm. Tickets will be 45$ and this is a beginner trip with no previous experience needed!! You don’t want to miss out on this awesome opportunity!!!

SATURDAY — SUNDAY Whassup wildings!!?? If you can’t decide between splashin around the beautiful Pacific ocean or conquering a 5000 ft mountain, why not do BOTH!!! Join Hazardous Hailey and Dangerous Daniel on this Sea-to-Summit expedition. This advanced backpacking trip will depart at 6am and zoom down to Big Sur. We will dip our toes in the ocean before heading up 12mi and 5,000 ft to the glorious Cone Peak. We will then rest our weary souls and gaze into the stars. We'll wake up for a magnificent sunrise over the coastal range before BOOKIN it back down to be back at campus by 5pm. If you are looking to experience the best of California’s outdoor offerings and test your limits, this is the trip for you!! Tickets are $41.

If you have any questions, please reach out to:

Daniel (dlouie@scu.edu)

Hailey (hmcculloch@scu.edu)

GREETINGS MOUNTAIN GOATS...or cows! Have you been waiting to let your freak flag fly? Are you looking to spend your weekend frolicking in green hills and appreciating gorgalicious views in the Sunol wilderness?!! Join Anemographic Alessia and Epochal Erin as we explore Flag Hill in "Little Yosemite" .This intermediate backpacking trip includes a 10 mile loop with 2500 feet of elevation. We will leave on Saturday 1/31 at a comfortable time of 9 am, drive to the trailhead, and embark on our journey! After we freak our way to our campsite, we will cook up a yummy meal and play some campfire games. We will wake up Sunday morning, hike our way down and return from our travels by 3 pm the following day, just in time for peak illumination of the full Snow Moon. Tickets will be AMTT. Come along for the adventure and leave all red flags behind!

Please reach out with any questions!!!

Alessia amassinople@scu.edu

Erin ecarney@scu.edu

Saturday — Sunday: Whasssup, wilderness explorers!! Do you love type 2 fun and are looking for something fun to do with your long weekend? Have you been itching to get outside and test yourself in the mountains? This will be an advanced and challenging hike. Join Shredding Sander, Lionheart Leanna, and Loosecannon Lucian on an EPIC challenge-rated trip: WEEK 2 we will be sending the Big Sur Double Ventana Cone Backpacking trip. This is the chance of a lifetime to explore the backcountry of Big Sur and see the jewel of the northern Ventana Wilderness. We will leave at 5:30 AM on Saturday 1/17, drive 2 hours to our trailhead, hiking over 30 miles and 9,000 feet of elevation. We’ll get back to SCU around 6:30 PM on Monday. This hike is an extremely challenging bushwack and not for the faint of heart, so backpacking experience is required. Fill out this application if you are interested!

Apply Here

Application closes Tuesday, 1/13 at noon, and the acceptance email will go out that night

Reach out to Sander (smoog@scu.edu), Leanna (ljcameron@scu.edu) or Lucian (lcolmenares@scu.edu) if you have any questions!

SATURDAY — SUNDAY: HEYY BRONCOS!! Itching to trade campus for wide-open desert and starry skies this holiday weekend?! Leave the usual behind for fiery sunsets, sand dune shenanigans, and hiking adventures as you join Sunset Sean, Moonrock McCoy, and Eclipse Ellie for a BEGINNER car camping trip to the epic desert playground of Death Valley. We’ll hit the road bright and early on Saturday at 4:30 AM and make the ~8-hour drive to our campground, then spend the afternoon exploring the sandy Mesquite Dunes before stargazing under some of the darkest skies around. On Sunday, we will tackle around 5 miles on the Wildrose Peak hike, capturing some sweeping desert views and hopefully making some new friends along the way. Who knows, we may even catch an unreal sunset at Dante’s View! We will cruise back to campus around 5pm on Monday and stop for some delicious grub on the way. Tickets will be $88.

HAPPY NEW YEAR WILDINGS!! Ready to swing into the new year on the right pogo stick? Jk. No pogo sticks. BUT do you have a new years resolution to exercise more and spend more time outside? Well my oh my do we have the proposition for you. Join Ludicrous Liz, Eager Evelyn, and Magnanimous Maddie on our expedition to the Portola Redwoods located in the nearby Santa Cruz Mountains. This intermediate backpacking trip will commence at 8am on Saturday January 10th, when we will jet off in our spiffy vans down the road for about an hour. Once at the trailhead we will meander through towering old growth redwoods for 3 miles to get to our campsite. From there, a 6 mile hike shall be conquered, games shall be played, laughter shall be shared, and food shall be devoured. We will end the night star gazing until we feel like little specks of dust in this vast vast universe. When yee golden sunlight awakens us come Sunday morning, we shall cook up and head out, getting back to campus around 2pm. Kick your winter quarter off right and sign up online at 8pm on Tuesday! Tickets will be $37.

Kindly direct your queries to:

Maddie (mayan@scu.edu)

Evelyn (ecrothall@scu.edu)

Liz (eachristensen@scu.edu)

GOOOOOD DAY, ADVENTURERS!! We bring you happy tidings of a glorious excursion to Wright’s Beach on the Sonoma Coast. Join Roamin’ Ryan, Herald Harry, and Pungent Paco for a weekend of beach activities! We shall depart on Saturday at 8:00 am and drive a brisk 2 hours to our campsite right smack on the beach. We’ll embark on a pristine 5-mile hike along the coast, but not before we rip some Q‘dillas and absorb the scenery. We’ll be back in time for copious beach activities, and top it off with some dawgs and smores by the fire before turning in for the night. We’ll awake promptly for a quick dip in the coast to animate the senses and enjoy some French toast before making our final stop at some sick sand dunes. Expect to be back on campus before 4:00 pm on Sunday. This is a Beginner trip, so no camping experience is necessary. Tickets will be $40. Hope to see ya’ll there!!!

Feel free to reach out to any of us:

Harry halburn@scu.edu

Paco fgahan@scu.edu

Ryan rsintchak@scu.edu

Looking for an off campus excursion to Marin County, look no further! We will be hitting an excellent 5 or so mile hike to witness Jetliner views of the Bay Area and the Golden Gate Bridge, we’ll make some nice smores by the fire and will get to experience all that Marin has to offer in November!

Escape into the redwood-shadowed wilds of Portola’s Redwoods trail system, a serene route perfect for adventurers craving solitude and old-growth forest magic. This loop weaves through creek crossings, fern-draped slopes, and ancient trees that seem to whisper stories. Expect to break a sweat climbing up switchbacks, navigate occasional obstacles, and be rewarded by the hush of the forest and the splash of Peters Creek along the way.

WEEK 6 (10/17-10/19) Craving some salty sea adventure this quarter? Join Krazy Kelp Kenzie and Bright Beachy Bella for ITW’s first ever BIOLUMINESCENT KAYAKINNNNGGGG TRIP! We will be leading a beginner car camping trip in Tomales Bay, polar plunging in the mornings, hiking throughout the day, and kayaking in the bay at night to see the beautiful bioluminescence. Join us for the experience of a lifetime!

Yosemite. National. Park. Do you want to go to the most incredible place in the world??? Tag along with wow thats beautiful willy as ITW makes it way down to the AWESOME Yosemite. BEST TRIP EVER! We will hike! We will take a dip in the water! We will camp! We will make some YUMMY food and most importantly we will have the BEST TIME EVER!! Get. Stoked.

Advanced Backpacking: Kings Canyon (Week 5)

Join Alessia and Harry for an unforgettable weekend deep in Kings Canyon National Park! This advanced-level trip will tackle 20 miles of rugged terrain with 5,000 feet of elevation gain—perfect for those looking to push their limits and earn some killer views. Expect rock facts, late-night guitar sessions under the stars, and a tight-knit crew ready for adventure. Bring your strongest legs and best campfire vibes.

Are you ready to have a super EPIC and super AWESOME weekend in Kings Canyon??? Join lovable Lucy and original Oliver on a Beginning car camping trip! We will go for a hike, polar plunge, make some delicious food, and see some beutiful views! We can't wait to see you on the trip!!

WADDUP Wildings! Feeling the need to get off campus and escape the Learning Commons, then wow do we have the perfect trip for you! Get ready for a Friday afternoon excursion to sunny Los Gatos for a nice 4 mile day hike overlooking a beautiful reservoir surrounded by good company! Join Eagle Erin and Thunder Tor this Friday at 4:00pm for great vibes, views, and new friends. The plan is to be back on campus by 7:00pm! Ticket price will be $5, so make sure to sign up at tabling this week to secure a spot! Can’t wait to meet you all! 

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to:
Erin (ecarney@scu.edu)
Tor (mrothrock@scu.edu)

ARE YOU A HUNGER PACKER?? Join Baboon Maddie and Donkey Julia for stargazing, sleeping with the fishes, and scrumptious suppers on our grand lakes tour in the incredible Inyo Forest of the Eastern Sierras! We’ll be setting our alarms for a crisp 5:30 wake-up on Saturday, October 11th, driving just north of Mount Whitney to see at least 6 sexy lakes. We’ll be backpacking around 14 miles and just over 2000 ft of elevation across all three days. We’ll zip back to campus around 5 pm on Monday, the 13th to give y'all some time to cram in some last-minute homework. Due to the high elevation, the trip will be an advanced application-based trip. This is a less-populated area of the sierras and has some of the best views of Northern California. This is one of the last chances to get into the mountains before the snow, so we’re super stoked! This is a one van trip and spots are limited, so apply asap!! Tickets are $85, which includes all food and transportation costs. Meet you at midnight!

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out!

Maddie (mayan@scu.edu)

Julia (jrouth@scu.edu)

WHAT IS UP WILDLINGS??? Got any plans for your first long weekend at Santa Clara? Want to see where Jurassic Park was filmed? Want to see epic prehistoric ferns, the Pacific Ocean, waterfalls, and front row seats to elk rut season? Join Rut Season Sean, Ornery Elk Orion, and Antler-locked Erin on an epic trip up to Redwoods National Park! We’ll be leaving at 8 AM on Saturday and driving up along the coast to our campsite, where we’ll hang around at camp and check out the beaches and coastline to swim, play some games, and relax on the beach. Afterwards, we’ll cook up the first of our delicious meals and freshly made warm desserts. Our campsite is known for lots of elk, so we’ll hopefully see a lot and hear them bugling! The next day, we’ll check out the epic Fern Canyon (where Jurassic Park was filmed!) and Trillium falls. Both hikes are less than three miles, so this trip is for all skill levels! We’ll have another delicious round of dinner and desserts and wake up on Monday for a polar plunge before heading on home, arriving back on campus before 4 PM. Tickets will be 80$ and sold at tabling starting this Tuesday at 10! Hope to see you there!

If you have any questions, please reach out to:

Orion (ocook@scu.edu)

Erin (ecarney@scu.edu)

Sean (sfallmer@scu.edu)

Ultra sendy and super gnarly off-trail backpacking in Eastern Sierra. We’ll be hiking past 7 lakes and scrambling multiple passes to reach the mysterious and rarely seen Bear Lakes Basin. We’ll be doing a total of 7k elevation gain over 21 miles.

SUNSET PADDLEBOARDING IS SOOOO BACK BABY! Did you miss last week's paddle boarding trip…. Are you itching to get on the water??!!  Join mermaids Bioluminescent Bella and Hydrosphere Hailey as we venture into Lexington Reservoir! We’ll be leaving THIS FRI-YAY, the 10th, from the Bronco Statue at 5pm and will be back on campus by 8pm! Hot chocolate and sweet treats will be  provided post paddle!
No experience necessary! Just bring your silly self! 
Tickets are 10 dollars and you can sign up at tabling outside Benson this week! 
Can’t wait to see you at sea!
Bella (ifasolino@scu.edu)
Hailey (Hmcculloch@scu.edu)