OxyExplores 2010

OxyExplores...The Wilderness

Students who love the outdoors can choose to participate in one of four wilderness trips led by trained professionals. The trips feature hiking, kayaking, backpacking and rock climbing opportunities. Students will have the opportunity to spend some time outside and learn about conservation.

 

Wilderness Trip Information

All of our wilderness trips are run by trained professionals.  For more information on these leaders, please visit their website: Champions, Inc: Professional Trip Leader Vendor Information

Wilderness Trip Overviews

 

Santa Barbara ($425) 

Santa Barbara is situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the sea. Santa Barbara's climate is often described as Mediterranean, and the city is sometimes referred to as the "American Riviera."

Santa Baraba activities include: beach side camping, kayaking, stargazing, hiking the mountains of Santa Barbara, beach volleyball, and rock climbing. 

 

Big Bear ($425)
Big Bear Lake is a reservoir in the San Bernardino Mountains in California.  At a surface elevation of 6,750 ft, it has an east-west length of approximately 7 miles and is approximately 2.5 miles at its widest measurement.  At dam's end Big Bear measures its deepest water at 72 feet. It is a completely snow-fed lake having no other means of tributary or mechanical replenishment.  

Big Bear Activities include: backpacking (up to 4 miles in one day), tree climbing, beach time, general camping activities. This trip was previously called SESPE.

 

Malibu Creek State Park ($425) Malibu Creek State Park is a California state park in the Santa Monica Mountains near Malibu, in Calabasas. Malibu Creek State Park stretches from below Malibu Lake in the west to Piuma Road in the east. It follows the creek down to the Pacific Ocean and includes the Adamson House on the beach. Tapia Park has recently been incorporated as a subunit of the park.

Malibu Creek State Park activities will include river hiking and swimming, mountain biking, geo caching, and rock climbing

 

 

 

 

 

Ventura County $425

Ventura County is a county in the southern part of California, often referred to as the Gold Coast.  Ventura County's largest beach communities are located in West County on the coastline of the Channel Islands Harbor.

Ventura County Activities include hiking, rock climbing, surfing, and kayaking. This is a new trip offering for 2010.