ODYSSEY
Challenge yourself at new heights and create lasting friendships with other incoming first-years.
Registration InformationChallenge yourself at new heights and create lasting friendships with other incoming first-years.
Registration InformationStep out of your comfort zone and onto our high ropes course. Odyssey groups will spend two nights at our Outdoor Education Center participating in our exhilarating aerial trekking activities.
Odyssey participants spend their nights sleeping in yurts and tents! Our yurts have bunkbeds with mattresses, and we use 6-person tents when at campgrounds.
All our trips offer a rafting component! You’ll enjoy a day on the Youghiogheny River with all your peers guided by Laurel Highlands.
Combination of tent camping & Yurts or Bunkhouses
6 days
Trip DateJune 20 - 25
Trip NameOdyssey 2A
Optional: Priority Registration for 6/19 NSO
Trip DateJune 27 - July 2
Trip NameOdyssey 7A
Optional: Priority Registration for 6/26 NSO
Trip DateJuly 11 - 16
Trip NameOdyssey 14A
Optional: Priority Registration for 7/10 NSO
Trip DateJuly 18 - 23
Trip NameOdyssey 20A
Trip DateJuly 25 - 30
Trip NameOdyssey 25A
Partnership: lgbtq+ and allies
Trip DateAugust 9 - 14 (Early Move-In)*
Trip NameOdyssey 33A
Partnership: honors
Trip DateJune 27 - July 2
Trip NameOdyssey 8B
Optional: Priority Registration for 6/26 NSO
Trip DateJuly 11 - 16
Trip NameOdyssey 15B
Partnership: honors
Optional: Priority Registration for 7/10 NSO
Trip DateJuly 18 - 23
Trip NameOdyssey 21B
Partnership: chambers
Free Trip**
Trip DateJuly 25 - 30
Trip NameOdyssey 26B
Trip DateAugust 9 - 14 (Early Move-In)*
Trip NameOdyssey 34B
*Early move-in: Early move-in programs allow participants the option of placing their belongings in their residence hall room prior to their trip start. View more details on the FAQs page.
**Free Trip: Students who register and attend the trip may participate for free. Students who register and cancel or no-show to their trip will still be charged the $95 registration fee.
Participants on EXPLORE trips will enjoy a smaller group experience, more time in the great outdoors, and a sense of challenge and accomplishment, while visiting some of the most popular places in West Virginia.
Explore DetailsParticipants on QUEST trips have the opportunity to sample an exciting array of adventure activities from a central, basecamp location.
Quest Details