New Student Trips
Registration Opens May 10, 2021
Remember to follow us on Instagram & Facebook to stay up to date, learn about the trips, and meet the leaders.
These trips tend to fill up fast, so please register as soon as possible!
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Check out our 2021 Trip Descriptions
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Complete the Online Registration (Link is not active until registration opens):
Registration opens at 9 AM Pacific Time, Monday, May 10, 2021. Registrations received in the first 24 hours will be included in the first round of trip placements. If space is limited in 2021 due to covid-19 restrictions, and more registrations are received than there are spaces available, placements will be based on a lottery. If you register after Tuesday, May 11th at 9am, trip placements will be base on remaining availability. -
Fill out the online Health and Diet Questionnaire (Link is not active until May 10)
Please note: your registration is not considered complete until you have filled out a health and diet questionnaire. For this reason, the questionnaire is due within 24 hours of submitting your trip reservation to hold your place. - You will receive an email with your trip placement and a link to pay within 2 weeks after submitting your application. If you indicate on your trip registration that you would like financial aid, and your FAFSA qualifies you for need-based financial aid, your trip cost will be reduced proportionally to the amount of financial aid you qualify for. Additional trip scholarships are available for members of underrepresented groups, contact us for more information. Once you are offered a trip placement, you can always decline the offer if something has come up on your schedule.
May 10 (Monday): Registration opens at 9 AM Pacific Time
Registration for New Student Trips (NSTs) opens online at 9:00am (PT) on Monday, May 10. All registrations received within the first 24 hours will be given equal weight for trip-preference based on a lottery system. We cannot guarantee your first choice trip, but completing the Online Registration and Health & Diet Questionnaire by 9am on Tuesday, May 11th will give you the best chance of being placed on one of your top choices.
After 9am on May 11th, registration is rolling and trip placements will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. No matter which trip you go on, you’ll make great friends and learn a lot about the Pacific Northwest!
We will send you an email confirming that we have received your registration within 1-2 business days. Payment is not due at the time of registration — payment info will be provided when you receive your trip placement.
May 11th (Tuesday): Lottery system for trip placement closes.
After this date, trip placements are first-come, first served based on remaining availability. Registrations will be accepted throughout the summer until all trip spaces are filled.
Within 2 weeks of receiving your application: Trip placement assignments go out
Within two weeks of registering for a New Student Trip, we will send you an email about your trip placement and financial aid award. Please note that although the lottery system for trip placements closes one week after registration opens, it may be two weeks before you receive your trip placement.
We do not require payment until after you have been placed on a trip and know your financial aid situation. After this point, please refer to your individual trip pages for specific trip information.
June 7th (Monday): Trip Balance Due
Unless you are waiting to be notified about your trip placement and financial aid award, the balance of your trip is due by 5pm on Monday, June 7th. For later registrations, your due date will be sent with your trip assignment. Online payments can be submitted using the link that will be provided to you in your pre-trip email. Payments are also accepted by mail.
June 23rd (Wednesday): Required Forms Due
Your individual New Student Trip page will have access to the three forms that are required by this date. Those forms are the equipment you would like to borrow, your travel information, and the release of liability. There is no additional charge for any equipment you would like to borrow for your New Student Trip. If you do not have travel plans finalized prior to June 23rd due to extenuating circumstances, please contact us; we can extend the deadline.
If you cancel a reservation, the following schedule applies:
On or before June 7th: Full refund.
After June 7th: No refunds are available, with the exception of documented emergencies, illness, injury, or other extenuating circumstances which can be evaluated depending on each individual case.
Student Leadership & Service also runs Alternative Fall and Spring Break service trips along with many smaller weekend trips. So don’t worry! If you can’t make it on one of the New Student Trips, there are other opportunities to get outdoors, or to volunteer with service projects, each semester. Look for more information for our fall trips schedule once you get to campus, on this website in late August, or come by our office in Templeton 244 and say hello!
Do you have any other questions?
Contact us:
244 Templeton Campus Center
phone 503-768-7116
email: outdoors@lclark.edu
College Outdoors is located in room 244 of Templeton Campus Center on the Undergraduate Campus.
email outdoors@lclark.edu
voice 503-768-7116
fax 503-768-7876
Director Joe Yuska
College Outdoors
Lewis & Clark
615 S. Palatine Hill Road MSC 188
Portland OR 97219