University of Washington, Seattle
ER-T2-7: Outdoors Program

The University of Washington has several outdoors programs which follow Leave No Trace principles. First Year Programs offers an optional Outdoor Adventure to incoming freshman as part of orientation. Incoming students can choose to go on a 3-day kayaking adventure (including camping, hiking, and kayaking), a 2-day Rafting adventure (including hiking, white water rafting, and camping), or a 2-day ropes adventure (including a ropes course, camping, and hiking). They follow Leave No Trace principles. http://fyp.washington.edu/?page_id=110 The Waterfront Activities Center offers canoe and rowboat rentals to students. http://depts.washington.edu/ima/IMA_wac.php Several student groups including the Washington Yacht Club, Union Bay Rowing club, University Kayak Club, the Climbing Club, and the Wilderness medical interest group help to organize outings for students. https://sites.google.com/a/washingtonyachtclub.org/home/ http://students.washington.edu/ubrc/overview.html http://students.washington.edu/ukc/wordpress/announcements/ http://students.washington.edu/climb/faq.php http://students.washington.edu/wildmed/wilderness-medicine-panel/ Many courses within the University of Washington, especially in the College of the Environment, organize field trips for students to go out into wilderness areas, in which the instructors also press Leave No Trace principles. A strong example of these courses is the ESRM course titled "Spring Comes to the Cascades." Students go on three field trips in which they hike and snowshoe in the Cascade Mountains while examining the interaction between forests, environment, and growth at three locations, from lowlands to alpine, to understand a number of ecological, physiological, and meteorological concepts. http://www.washington.edu/students/crscat/#CollEnv