College kids go WILD on spring break
While some students head to party destinations for spring break, the outdoors crowd is more likely to release the pressure of mid-terms by scaling mountains, running rivers, biking trails, muscle-powering into snowy retreats and other mind and body-building pursuits. This gallery features photos from four different Gonzaga University student groups who launched week-long budget adventures to Canyonlands National Park in Utah, the Powder Highway ski areas in British Columbia, Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park in Alberta and Yosemite National Park in California.
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Four groups of Gonzaga University students organized different types of outdoor adventures for spring break 2012, ranging from snowshoeing into the wilderness of Mount Assiniboine in Alberta, couch-surfing to Canadian ski resorts in British Columbia, rock climbing at Yosemite National Park in California and mountain biking, climbing and camping at Canyonlands National Park in Utah.
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Four groups of Gonzaga University students organized different types of outdoor adventures for spring break 2012, ranging from snowshoeing into the wilderness of Mount Assiniboine in Alberta, couch-surfing to Canadian ski resorts in British Columbia, rock climbing at Yosemite National Park in California and mountain biking, climbing and camping at Canyonlands National Park in Utah.
Molly Quinn
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Taylor Moravec, a Gonzaga University student, arrives at the top of a rock route at a climbing area known as Wall Street, a few miles outside Moab, Utah, during spring break 2012.
Brett Bollier
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Taylor Moravec, a Gonzaga University student, climbs a rock route at a climbing area known as Wall Street, a few miles outside Moab, Utah, during spring break 2012. Photo by Brett Bollier
Brett Bollier
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Mary Jantsch sits on a cliff-side outcropping overlooking Canyonlands National Park during a spring break trip to the Moab, Utah, area with a group of Gonzaga University students.
Brett Bollier
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From Left; Hanna Lorenz, Taylor Moravec, Eric Bokides and Mary Jantsch relaxing on a cliff during their spring break trip to Moab, Utah, area.
Brett Bollier
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Hiking into Arches National Park, Utah.
Brett Bollier
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Hanna Lorenz climbing at Wall Street near Moab, Utah.
Brett Bollier
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Discovering Double Arch during a hike in Arches National Park. (From Left; Hanna Lorenz, Eric Bokides, Mary Jantsch, Taylor Moravec)
Brett Bollier
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From bottom; Hanna Lorenz, Eric Bokides, Mary Jantsch and Taylor Moravec staring through Mesa Arch in Arches National Park, Utah.
Brett Bollier
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Eric Bokides, Mary Jantsch and Hanna Lorenz watching the sun dip behind Delicate Arch in Arches National Park, Utah.
Brett Bollier
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A group of Gonzaga University students on spring break rented mountain bikes in Moab, Utah, to ride the nearby Slickrock Trail over waves of sandstone.
Brett Bollier
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A group of Gonzaga University students share dinner at their campsite during a spring break trip near Moab, Utah.
Brett Bollier
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From left, Eric Bokides, Mary Jantsch, Hanna Lorena and Taylor Moravec create their own bridges under Delicate Arch during a spring break visit to Arches National Park, Utah.
Brett Bollier
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Katherine Safar paused with Naiset Peak in the background during a Gonzaga University Outdoor Center group snowshoe trek to Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park in Alberta. Naiset Peak rises up behind the Naiset Huts, available for campers at Lake Magog.
David Gilbert
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Snowshoers approached their first night’s camp at the head of Bryant Creek Valley. The peaks are Cave Mountain to the left and the Southeast Ridge of Og Mountain to the right. They had snowshoed more than 9 miles at this point.
David Gilbert
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One of the Naiset Huts, available for campers at Lake Magog in Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park. David Gilbert
David Gilbert
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From the window of one of the Naiset Huts, available for campers at Lake Magog in Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park.
David Gilbert
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Katherine Safar snuggles into a bunk
David Gilbert
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A bunk in the Spartan interior of a Naiset hut, available for campers at Lake Magog in Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park.
David Gilbert
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Gonzaga students pose during a spring break snowshoe trek to Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, Alberta. From left, they are Stephanie Reynolds, Drew Baldassarre, Chris Lowrimore, Sarah Taylor, Katherine Safar, Julia Hubbard, Olivia Hull, Mason Van Lith
David Gilbert
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Students on a Gonzaga University Outdoor Center group snowshoe trek to Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park in Alberta get a helicopter shuttle out of the park at the end of their week-long trip to the Naiset Huts at Lake Magog.
David Gilbert
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The Gonzaga University student group that traveled to Yosemite national Park in Wally the Wagon included Seth Morrison, Emily Hnatishin, David Dunphy, John Meyers, Shawna Brennan, Mike Clark, Grant Fersehweiler and Francisco Villa.
David Dunphy
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The Gonzaga University student group that traveled to Yosemite national Park pile out of Wally the Wagon at their first stop of the trip: Smith Rocks State park. “We were all singing ‘Take Me Home Country Road’ when we got there,” said group member David Dunphy.
David Dunphy
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Seth Morrison on the rocks at Smith Rock State Park during the spring break trip to Yosemite National Park.
David Dunphy
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The Yosemite-bound GU students had to make a detour to get a group photo at the Golden Gate Bridge – and the trip’s last good look at sunshine.
David Dunphy
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The GU students caught this group photo as they arrived at the Yosemite Valley. This was during the last 30 minutes of sunshine they saw on the week-long trip.
David Dunphy
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The Subaru packed for the British Columbia Powder Highway spring break getaway for Gonzaga University students Breyden Hollubek, Zack Damby, Kaya Mills and Meredith Noble.
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Kaya Mills, left, celebrates the top of a chairlift on their spring break tour of the Powder Highway with Breyden Hollubek, right.
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Making the time go by in the car during the Powder Highway tour.
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Zack Damby, Kaya Mills, Meredith Noble and Breyden Hollubek skiing at Kicking Horse.
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Breyden Hollubek skiing chutes at Kicking Horse.
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GU students hike up to get to the extreme terrain at a Powder Highway ski area.
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GU students backpack in on a six-hour slog from British Columbia Highway 3 at Bombi Summit near Castlegar into Grassy Hut.
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The Grassy Hut was buried in snow on three sides when the GU students arrived.
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Meredith Noble and Kaya Mills could ski onto the roof of the snowbound backcountry cabin known as the Grassy Hut, one of several in the Bonnington Range near Castlegar, British Columbia, maintained by the Kootenay Mountaineers.
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Kaya Mills on a bunk in the Grassy Hut, a backcountry cabin known as the Grassy Hut the Bonnington Range near Castlegar, British Columbia, maintained by the Kootenay Mountaineers.
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The boys went wild off the kicker the GU students made at the Grassy Hut.
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GU students get assistance from the RCMP after their car was vandalized along British Columbia Highway 3 at Bombi Summit near Castlegar while they skied into Grassy Hut.
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Lesson learned: Never leave valuables in a parked vehicle while you’re out backcountry skiing. GU students learned it’s this easy for thieves to punch a lock and get in.
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