Pre-Orientation
Wilderness Adventure
August 10-13, 2010

Begin your Naropa experience on a New Students Wilderness Trip

We will spend 4 days and 3 nights exploring the majestic Rocky Mountains. Just a short one hour drive from campus, Rocky Mountain National Park will be the landscape for our fun, learning, gathering and reflection. Each trip will have two leaders who will be there to guide and support you on this trip, and to develop connections to support you through your college experience. What better way to get grounded and ready for your college experience? Begin to sink your roots here in Colorado. No experience necessary to participate.

What will we be doing on this adventure?

On Tuesday, August 10, we will drive to Rocky Mountain National Park; Sandbeach Lake trail head to begin our 4-mile backpacking trips. This will be our home base for the next 3 days. The wilderness adventure will include:

• Hiking/Backpacking: Students will backpack in a group of 12. During our stay, there will be time to relax and to traverse alpine basins and high mountain ridges for a possible peak ascent, for those who are interested. During day four, we will backpack out, invigorated to start the school year.
• Skill Building: Students will learn camp craft, Leave No Trace camping, and basic back country skills, as well.
• Community Building: Back at camp, we will have general hang out time, evening and morning council gatherings in a circle of supportive community.
• Reflection: There will also be time for journaling, solos, and personal reflection. Students will be introduced to basic contemplative practices in nature, as you connect with the natural wonders, big and small, of the Colorado wilderness.

What is provided?

• Tents and cooking supplies
  
• All meals
  
• Transportation from Naropa and back
  
• First Aid Kit
  
• No previous camping experience is necessary!

What will you need to bring?

• sleeping bag
  
• rain gear
  
• boots
  
• warm non-cotton clothes

We will send a complete gear list when you register. If you do not have have some of the supplies, we will assist you in purchasing or renting what you need. Students will not be able to go, unless they have the proper gear!

The Guides

Your guides for this trip will be two Naropa leaders who have extensive, professional, back-country guiding experience. Thus, you will also begin to know some of the “on campus guides” that you will see through your experience at Naropa. The guides are Wilderness First Responder certified.

Registration

This trip is open to a limited number of students and spots are given on a first come first serve basis. To reserve your spot fill out and return:

• Registration Form
  
• Non–Refundable deposit of $50 by June 25 (Full payment of $300 is due by July 9)
  

Limited Scholarships are available. For more information about scholarships, contact Bob Cillo at bcillo@naropa.edu

Refund Policy
Cancellations before July 30 will receive a 50% refund. No refunds will be given after July 30.

If you have questions,contact
Bob Cillo, Dean of Students
303-546-3506 or bcillo@naropa.edu.