Outdoor Recreation
WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING WOODS GUIDE APPLICATIONS
Please click Woods
Guide Application to print yours today!
What is a Woods Guide?
Woods Guides are upper class students who participate in D&E's annual Woods Orientation program for new
students as mentors and leaders.
As a mentor Woods Guides are friends. They help facilitate the orientation of new
students by listening to the thoughts and concerns of participants, by answering their questions
openly and honestly as individuals who have "been there, done that", and as students who know the
D&E structure well enough to give accurate information as to where students can go for with further
questions over particular issues.
As leaders Woods Guides are responsible assistants to the professional instructors
of The Mountain Institute (TMI). In this role Woods Guides act as the ideal participant by leading
through example. When a fire needs built, a camp needs set up, food needs cooked, or dishes need
washed Woods Guides chip in enthusiastically encouraging the group into more meaningful participation.
As a result, avenues for conversation, group bonding, and facilitation of the mentor role are created.
As leaders, Woods Guides also have enough familiarity with the lay out, location, and equipment used
in the experience so that they can truly assist TMI instructors and give appropriate feedback when
necessary.
Not sure if you are up for the task? Apply anyway. All those selected will take part
in a three-day two-night training session that will bring you up to speed. Though the training is an
educational experience it is also a heck of a lot of fun. We will be learning while hiking, camping,
caving, and orienteering.
More Outdoor Activities on Tap for Spring 2006
It is the goal of the Outdoor Resource Center and the Wilderness Co-Op to involve as many new faces
as possible in our activities. Everyone is welcome on any trip regardless of experience. For those
who are interested and are learning the skills for the first time, the Outdoor Resource Center will
be presenting information and basic lessons prior to each weekend outing or during the outing.
Activities for the remainder of the Spring Term include:
ARE YOU STAYING ON CAMPUS OVER EASTER BREAK AND LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO?
Join the Outdoor Resource Center's Easter Break Escape
April 14th - 17th
and wake up Easter morning on West Virginia's famed North Fork Mountain Trail!
Photo taken in the early morning along the North Fork Mountain Trial mid March 2005
Photo credit:http://community.webshots.com/photo/300709035/1300742665053232647bHnhFu
In 1996 the North Fork Mountain Trail (NFMT) was named the best trail in West Virginia!
For 23.8 miles the trail follows the ridgeline of North Fork Mountain offering exceptional scenery the entire
way. Once on top of the mountain the trail is moderately level and easy to follow. Rock outcrops offer
spectacular views both east and west in to neighboring valleys. Hikers exploring the trail, which passes
through hardwood forests, are likely to see deer, turkey, and even the occasional wild goat.
- Monongahela National Forest Hiking Guide
Trip duration:
4 days and 3 nights (Friday morning through Monday afternoon)
Cost: $40.00 per person for food + rental equipment if you need it.
(All are welcome. The Wilderness Co-Op will pay for active members)
Expected weather conditions:
Spring/winter/spring; who knows?! We will prepare for anything.
All participants MUST attend the Informational meeting Tuesday,
April 11th at 7pm This meeting is also the deadline for sign ups
For more information contact Kevin Stitzinger at x1918 or kstitz@davisandelkins.edu
Saturday - April 22, Earth Day campus trail clean-up,
and restoration of the Inspiration Point fire ring with a "bond-fire"
to follow.
Sunday, April 29, Caving trip to Still House cave.
If you are interested in an activity you don't see on the list? Almost anything is possible, but it takes your interest to make it happen.
Please contact Kevin Stitzinger, D&E Outdoor Resource Specialist at x1918
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For more information call Kevin Stitzinger x 1918 or email at
kstitz@davisandelkins.edu
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