PE 1600 - Introduction to Aerials

This aerial arts course will focus on aerial fabric, as well as conditioning and flexibility training to enhance your practice and creative exercises to develop your artistry. The aerial arts get you upside down, physically engaged, and expressing yourself through a whole new medium. All levels and abilities are welcome. 

PE 1603 - Snowshoeing and Winter Travel

Ready to enjoy being outside this winter?! Come explore the glens, valleys, and wooded hills blanketed by snow.  Learn about winter natural history, navigation, cold weather safety, and snowshoe history and equipment, while enjoying a great workout and becoming at home in the winter weather.

PE 1605 - Day Hiking

From spectacular gorges and waterfalls, to wooded ridges and glacially carved lakes, the Finger Lakes Region is justly famous for its scenery. Get off campus to discover the natural wonder surrounding us. Join us as we visit the "Best of the Finger Lakes" - fresh colors, changing seasons, hidden waterfalls and quiet beauty surrounding Ithaca. These outings provide plenty of time to meet new friends, learn about geology, stream ecology, and the outdoor skills necessary to set out on discoveries of your own. No experience necessary.

PE 1606 - Outdoor Birding Basics

Come join us as we watch the bird migration come to life throughout the Fall as well as the other nature and wildlife patterns to be found in this season. Learn to identify and understand the behaviors of the birds and natural world in our area.

PE 1608 - Trail Running

Tired of that same old route on campus? Come trail running! We'll get you out on the spectacular local trails, provide training tips, teach you how to navigate in the woods, and run you over hill and dale, through forests, fields, and mudpits. It will be a confidence-building, life-changing, attitude-adjusting experience. We'll start easy and gradually build over the duration of the course, but you should be able to run comfortably for 50 minutes. Group pace, no one will be left behind.

PE 1609 - Geocaching

It's the world's biggest treasure hunt! You might not know it but people all over the world have been hiding boxes of treasure all around your neighborhood. Come learn how to find their secret locations, what do do with them, and even make one of your own. This class will introduce students to a bit of map reading, use of a GPS in a natural setting. No experience is necessary.