McMaster Outdoor Club

Fun fact! The Massassauga Provincial Park is home to two fascinating—and at-risk—little reptiles: the cute little Five-lined Skink and the Massassauga Rattlesnake. Yes, a rattlesnake—Ontario’s only venomous snake species!

Okay, maybe it’s not such a fun fact anymore😅 But don’t worry, your chances of encountering the Massassauga rattlesnake is slim to none!

Happy Friday everyone! Here are some snapshots from our most recent trip to the Western Uplands in Algonquin. This group endured a challenging but rewarding adventure through the beautiful backcountry over the course of 3 days. Enjoy!

📍Algonquin Provincial Park

And it’s time to play…. Can You Find Our Logo?🔎❓
This weekend, we’re returning to the Western Uplands loop in Algonquin, so here’s a pic from our last trip there! Can you find him??

Hint: he’s trying not to get stomped on!!!

As we start May, so too does the summer camping season begin🥾🏕️🛶☀️

Don’t be shy and tag us in all your upcoming adventures!

📍Killarney Provincial Park

Part 3 of our 2023-2024 yearbook! Thanks, everyone!
❤️2023-2024 McMaster Outdoor Club Team

Part 2 of our 2023-2024 yearbook dump!

Our 2023-2024 club yearbook is here! Thank is for such a wonderful year filled with fun adventures, everyone. Hope you enjoy it and see you all next year!

If you are someone serious about getting outdoors, come register for our upcoming WAFA-WFR bridge course from April 27-30!

This is a comprehensive medical training course for those looking to really get into the outdoors industry. This course will upgrade your existing Wilderness Advanced First Aid certification into a Wilderness First Responder certification in just 4 days.

Register through the link in bio!

Attention friends! With tomorrow’s weather looking to be rainy, we will instead hold our end of the year bonfire indoors, inside the Mindfulness centre (right beside our office!)

We will be having popcorn and a slideshow to look back on all our fun memories from the past year. Please join us!!

It’s almost time for our end-of-the-year bonfire! While we’re sad to see everyone go, this is a wonderful time for the club to get together for one last time and look back at all of the fun stuff we did throughout the year—with a bonfire cookout!

Next week April 11th, we’re inviting you to come join us at our final bonfire cookout to celebrate another year around the Sun. We’ll have hotdogs (veggie hotdogs available), buns and s’mores and a slideshow (plus a little surprise!) to entertain you all. Please come join us!

We have no Sunday hike planned for this week, but an extra special one for next Sunday!!! Join us as we hike to Sassafras point and then stay after to make some breakfast burritos. This event is free, but we ask that everyone brings one ingredient to contribute to our meal. Sign up at the link in bio 🌯

We’ve started the search for our 2024-2025 exec team! If you’re looking to get involved please apply before April 12th. All experiences and abilities are welcomed! We’d love to hear all your ideas on how we can better the club ◡̈

CALLING FOR PICTURES (AND VIDEOS)!

This year, the Mac outdoor club wants to end things off with a bang🤩 If you have any pictures or videos from any of our events/trips at all this year, we’d love it if you shared it with us!

Please send us a DM or email and we’d be happy to feature it in an upcoming project that we’ll share at our end of the year bonfire cookout😏

Another fantastic photo from our Texas Big Bend trip! But wait… where’s our logo🤔🤔?? Can you find him???

I'll be at MEC Burlington this coming weekend (March 23 & 24) from 10am-6pm.

If you're in the area, be sure to drop by 😃

I'd love to chat about maps/paddling/camping! And, of course, if you need any maps I'll have some with me ⛺️🗺

EVENTS THIS SUNDAY!!! Join for a special geocaching hike at Spencer Creek on Sunday March 24th!! See below for more info about geocaching!!!!! We also have our pool session scheduled from 4:30-6 on Sunday!! Remember your MOC membership card or $5, and come dressed to swim! 🛶

If you have not heard of geo-caching, its an international game that involves using an app to track certain caches or boxes that other people have hidden (like a gant real life scavenger hunt!!!) We are so lucky at McMaster to be around so many geocaches, so we’ve decided to take advantage of that! If you would like to learn more about geocaching, visit www.geocaching.com.
Hope to see lots of people there for the Outdoor Club’s very first geocache adventure!
P.S. There may be prizes for finding geocaches first ;)

Apply to be on our exec team!!!! This is a great team and a great way to immerse yourself more in the outdoors community at Mac!! Find the application at the link in our bio or via email! Send all completed applications to [email protected] by March 29th!

Come by the Altitude Compound at 1pm this Saturday to learn or refresh some camping skills! Right in time for summer ☀️ Sign up at the link in bio!! If there are any skills you would like us to cover, please let us know in the form 😄

Stop by DBAC on Tuesday March 19th at 6pm for a board game night & potluck!! We’ll play some fun board games, or bring your favourite card game to teach a group!! Sign up at the excel sheet in our bio!

Exciting new event coming your way! The Thode Makerspace will be hosting two beginner bicycle maintenance workshops:
- Monday, March 18th @ 3:30 pm-5 pm
- Monday, April 1st @ 3:30 pm- 5pm

This is a fantastic opportunity to learn about bicycle maintenance, especially if you’re a beginner bicycle enthusiast. Register now in the link in bio!

Another bonfire coming at you! Join us this coming Monday, March 11th starting 6 pm for a warm fire and as always, there will be marshmallows (and maybe even chocolate for some s’mores😉🍫🔥).

See you there!!!

Gear up! We have an escape room social coming up on Thursday, March 14!! We’ll be heading over to Escape Manor, so don’t miss it! There will be different times depending on the room, so be sure to check out our google form in the link in bio for more details!

Please sign up by Monday, March 11 to secure a spot. Join us for a fun time escaping some rooms!!

This Sunday! Dundas Valley! Meet outside DBAC! 10am! Be there or be 🟩

Come down to Bayfront Park next Wednesday, March 13th at 5:30 pm!!! We’ll be making a yummy meal on some camp stoves and talking about cooking while camping!! What is your fav camp meal?!!!! 🥣🏕️

We have lots of fun stuff planned for March!!! Check your emails for more details or stay tuned to instagram!

This Sunday!!! Join for either a hike in the morning- and stay for coffee after, or our evening kayak session!!!! Or if you are feeling super outdoorsy, come for both! As always, come dressed for the weather for the hike, and ready to swim with $5 for the pool session!! Looking forward to seeing everyone this Sunday! ⚡️⚡️⚡️

Join us for our upcoming bowling social this Thursday, Feb 29 at 6 PM! We’ll be meeting at University Lanes—pay individually, but don’t forget your student ID!!

Check out some cool pics from our recent Big Bend trip to Texas! Yeehaw🤠

Reel Rock 18 is coming to Hamilton, hosted by !!!! Buy your ticket at the link in bio for $27! We’ll meet at 5:45 outside DBAC and take the bus together to the theatre! Reel Rock is a yearly movie festival sharing climbing stories, watch the trailer for more info: https://youtu.be/qauB_8_hMXw !!