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A student mountain bikes at Curt Gowdy State Park

Outdoor Program

A group of students around a campfire

Outdoor Program Office and Rental Center Hours 

 

Spring Semester Hours (through May 10)

Monday - Friday | 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Summer Hours (Beginning May 13)

Monday - Friday | 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Announcements

 

Mission Statement

As part of the campus recreation department, the Outdoor Program helps recruit and retain students, faculty and staff by providing a wide range of inclusive, safe, reasonably-priced Outdoor Programs and services to the UW community. We expose individuals to the natural environment, provide skill and leadership development opportunities, and facilitate interactions and fun.

Services, Resources & Programs

Climbing Wall

A climber at the rock wall in Half Acre Gym

Bike Library

Pistol Pete rides a bike in Prexy's Pasture

Wilderness Medicine

Students participate in a wilderness medicine course

Custom Programs

A student snowshoes in the forest

Links & Maps

A student climbs rocks at Vedauwoo

 

 

Leadership and Education

Students hiking along a mountain ridge

Outdoor Leadership Development Series (OLDS)

Snowy Range Mountain Lake

UW Credit for NOLS Courses

The UW Outdoor Program is an authorized permit holder of the US Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the National Park Service. 

“We collectively acknowledge that the University of Wyoming occupies the ancestral and traditional lands of the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Crow, and Shoshone Indigenous peoples along with other Native tribes who call the Great Basin and Rocky Mountain region home. We recognize, support, and advocate alongside Indigenous individuals and communities who live here now, and with those forcibly removed from their Homelands.” -ASUW Senate Bill #2699

Contact Us

Outdoor Program
Room 141, Half Acre Recreation and Wellness Center
Dept. 3604
1000 E University Ave
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 307-766-2402
Email: op@uwyo.edu