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Outdoor Adventure Center

OAC

The OAC is a university based, outdoor education and recreation program offering outdoor recreation adventure trips, classes/workshops, and outdoor informational services. We provide outdoor equipment rentals and repairs. Our library contains one of the region’s most extensive collections of outdoor resources: books, magazines, periodicals, videos and DVDs, equipment catalogs, and more than 1,000 US Topographical maps of the Intermountain West.  

 
CW HOG (Cooperative Wilderness Handicapped Outdoor Group)

The adaptive component of our program offers outdoor activities and classes for people with disabilities.

 

Types of activity include, but are not limited to:
  • Rock climbing
  • White water rafting
  • Mountain biking

 

  • XC skiing and snowshoeing
  • Backpacking
  • Stand up paddle boarding 

EVENTS

Avalanche Workshop

STATE OF THE SNOWPACK

Free Avalanche Clinic - Everyone Welcome!

Wednesday, January 15, 2025 from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM

Pond Student Union Bengal Theater

Beacon Workshop

Beacon Workshop

We will host 4 sessions of 15 people per session from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM on Wednesday, January 29, 2025. The workshop will take place in the Pond Student Union Ballroom. This workshop is free and is open to ISU staff, students, and community. 

If you have your own pack, beacon, probe, and shovel, please bring them. If you do not, we will have some provided. Please register for one of the times below.

5:00 PM

6:00 PM

7:00 PM

8:00 PM

 

 

 

 

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Contact US

outdoor@isu.edu

(208) 282-3912

 



Outdoor Adventure Center
Pond Student Union, RM 114
921 S. 8th Ave., Stop 8128
Pocatello, ID 83209

Hours
Monday-Friday: 9:00 am - 5:00pm 
Saturday-Sunday: Closed