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It’s time to register for your Spring 2023 Wyoming Catholic College Outdoor Adventure weeklong trip. Last year’s trips can be reviewed here.

See the amazing options for the coming semester below or register and pay here.

Get arrested and spend a week touring the American prison system. The week will include learning and practicing self-defense skills, getting at least one tattoo, and isolation from all your loved ones. If the warden permits, each participant will get to spend a day in a solitary confinement cell. Come back changed and follow-up by giving a WCC formal lecture, TED talk, or keynote presentation at the Steubenville conferences. This is a VOYAGE and just like other Voyages, you can’t do the same Voyage twice for ELP weeklong trip credit without permission (talk to Dr. Zimmer).
You thought pogo sticks were just for 80’s kids? Think again! Spend a week pogo-sticking in the desert on a variety of trails in Utah and/or Colorado. You do NOT need to own a pogo-stick and you do NOT need to be an advanced user, but it will help to have at least a little experience. There will be a mandatory training session to make sure everyone has the basic skills prior to the trip.
As students turn in their phones in accordance with the tech policy at WCC, they have no need for wires either. This trip is an extension of the desire to disconnect and engage with reality – including the reality of impending death. Spend the week rock climbing in Utah without ropes! This trip is for experienced rock climbers and Luddites who have already done a week-long climbing trip and destroyed all personal electronic devices and wired gadgets.
Get extra practice in authentic conditions before the Canadian invasion. Sneak across the border into a country of dubious existence and scope out the terrain. Practice your best rhetoric convincing the border patrol that you are, in fact, meant to be on that side of the border. Or take a more overt route through the backcountry. The objective of this trip is simply to get into Canada by any means necessary. Regroup at the rendezvous point in Saskatchewan, then brush up on your Latin, English, and snow skills in a challenging immersion environment.
Rumor has it that Canadians are averse to any water that they cannot walk on or conform to their will. Thus, in order to increase patriotism and combat Canadian infiltration, we will spend a week engaging with “snow in liquid form” to avoid all contact with the legendary Canadians. Fly American flags, sing patriotic songs, and finally be at peace, far from their nefarious schemes. Feel safe and supported in your American identity for the first time ever at Wyoming Canadian College, um Catholic College..
Lander, WY is an area with intriguing rooftops and mysterious back alleyways. Summit the NOLS building, sneak across the roof of the jewelry shop, reclaim the hotel residence hall, and finally find out what’s behind Mr. D’s. Explore them all on this unique trip with a schedule perfect for night owls, and see Lander’s most incredible sights from a new angle. Don’t get arrested, or you’ll immediately be transferred to the American Prison Experience voyage after a conversation with the dean.
Just as Jesus called Peter to walk across the water without fear, He now calls us to climb to him. Spend the week pioneering the emerging sport of “water climbing” off the shores of California. This location offers an impressive but unpredictable variety of routes. Training for beginners will be done on-site, while intermediate water climbers can learn to lead-climb 5.12 waves and belay from a paddleboard. Spend the last day surfing, relaxing on the beach, and reflecting on how you climbed closer to God.
Have you ever wanted to have a completely mundane week, peaceful and far from adventure? Leave behind the stress of school and the exertion of a proper outdoors trip by bumming around Lander all week. This trip will include six days of glamping at City Park, with the option to check into any one of the local hotels whenever the nights get chilly. Rent lawn chairs, eavesdrop on the campers next to you, watch the clouds float and the grass grow. Experience the humdrum of true leisure.
Feel “free” with a week of challenging, character-building, cliff jumping experiences geared toward growing your courage. This week-long trip will take you to popular (maybe legal) cliff jumping locations around Wyoming, finishing with a day at the famous (and probably legal) hot springs in Thermopolis. Jump off cliffs up to 500 feet tall, put your life on the line and then dare to cross that line! DRAs will be irrelevant but an intense DOE will be mandatory every night.
Interested in being a minor? Erm, miner? Puns aside, this trip is really down to earth! Set off explosives to build your canyons and be the first to explore them in rural Utah. On this trip, you’ll learn to (safely?)work with explosives ranging from dynamite, nitroglycerin, and thermobaric bombs, plus training on rock smelters and how to use precision nuclear warheads. Put your mark on history and on future topo maps while evading the Park Rangers. If you get caught, you’ll immediately be transferred to the American Prison Experience voyage, free of charge!
At WCC, we have a large emphasis on integrating mind, body, and spirit. This trip will test all three in the most extreme way possible: spend a week fighting with the United States Military on several covert operations in the Middle East! Your body will subjected to the rigors of boot camp, combat, and even torture at the hands of your enemies. Decisions will need to be made in seconds to secure the safety of your squad. The mettle of your spirit will be tested to the limits. This trip counts as an EXPEDITION.
Spend a week learning the ins and outs of working in a factory. You will spend the week at a factory working, working, and working. No thinking, talking, or breaks are allowed. Ultimately you will be paid something (actually nothing) at the end of the week and will be required to continue working afterward. This is a VOYAGE and just like other Voyages, you can’t do the same Voyage twice for ELP weeklong trip credit without permission (talk to Dr. Zimmer).
Just like the movie Interstellar, spend three years surfing and rafting the turbulent outer space surrounding a black hole, and try not to get sucked into the amazing activities. Enjoy bright starlight, beautiful views, sunsets on the event horizon, and lots of scorching hot radiation (please bring sunscreen). This is an ADVANCED difficulty-level trip but students are not expected to have training in the advanced technologies required for navigating and surviving outer space. Dr. Zimmer, Dr. Olsson, and their contacts at NASA will provide expert guidance as technical instructors. Participants must have previously completed a whitewater rafting or whitewater kayaking trip and must be prepared to sign many additional safety risk waivers. Priority will be given to juniors and seniors as interstellar space travel permits are fairly difficult to obtain. While this trip involves a long and occasionally relaxing journey through space, be prepared for extreme g-forces along the route and all hands needed on deck to control the spacecraft through intense gravity headwinds.