Outdoor Adventures Content

Not Your Ordinary Meeting

Cody Kitaura — February 10, 2026 - 12:00pm

Outdoor Adventures, a unit of Campus Recreation, is now accepting group inquiries for UC Davis departments and campus-affiliated groups. Outdoor Adventures looks to provide students and Campus Recreation members with low-cost options for outdoor activities as well as equipment rentals. They also offer a variety of indoor and outdoor activities for faculty and staff.

From Classroom to Canyon

Katherine E Kerlin — September 15, 2016 - 3:42pm

Water, rocks and life. Perhaps nowhere on the planet is that combination so brilliantly on display as where the Grand Canyon meets the Colorado River.

That’s why, each spring, UC Davis graduate students of geology, ecology and hydrology explore the Grand Canyon by floating down the Colorado River, splitting the 225-mile river journey into two halves.