Gonzaga Outdoors

Gonzaga Outdoors, an outreach of Student Activities, offers Gonzaga University students an opportunity to participate and learn about a multitude of outdoor activities. The program facilitates guided outdoors trips, offers students discounted rental services, provides affordable repair services, and has numerous resources. Gonzaga Outdoors promotes smart and safe outdoor adventures allowing students to enjoy the beautiful local surroundings. Gonzaga Outdoors hopes to inspire students to become active in protecting and participating in the outdoors throughout their whole life.

Gonzaga Outdoors Mission Statement:

For the benefit of the Gonzaga community, Gonzaga Outdoors uses the transformative properties of outdoor adventures to foster friendship, instill confident outdoor skills, provide opportunities for leadership development and promote an ethic of conservation and stewardship. We do this because of the deeply rooted sense of respect and awe that we feel for the outdoors that we wish to share.

Gonzaga Outdoors Important Values:

• Use sound judgment to conduct a safe program.
• Value the risks inherent in what we do and actively manage those risks
• Provide a safe inclusive environment.
– Seek to find a sense of place.
• Provide the space for leadership development.
• Our playground is the natural world. Be proactive in preserving and restoring it.
• Fun, professionalism and learning are not mutually exclusive.