Joining our discord channel to find people with similar interests
- General
- Missouri Chapter of the Sierra Club – organized outdoor events
- Climbing
- Indoor (gym)
- Upper Limits – local gym at Maryland Heights and Chesterfield
- Climb So ill – local gym at St. Louis City and St. Charles
- WU Climbing Club and ClimbRx (School of Medicine) provides semester membership and punchcard deals for both
- Outdoor
- Beta Fund – an organizationto protect outdoor resources in the Midwest for the purposes of recreational rock climbing
- Vertical Voyages – guided rock climbing or tree climbing from beginner to advanced levels
- Mountain project – website with maps, pictures and people’s ratings/reviews/beta
- Sports climbing (rope):
- Rockwoods reservation – 1hr
- Pere marquette state park – 1hr
- Robinson Bluff – maintained routes, $10 entrance, $20 with camping – 1hr
- Johnson’s Shut-in’s state park free learn to climb classes in the fall – 2hr
- Jackson Falls – southern Illnois – 3hr
- Ferne Clyffe State Park – southern Illinois close to Jackson Falls – 3hr
- Sage mountain – 1.5 hr
- Bouldering:
- St. Francois state park – not popular, lots of spider webs, 1hr drive
- Elephant rocks state park – sharp granite that cuts your finger, 2 hr drive
- Holy boulders – best in the area, mostly sandstones, 2 hr drive
- Indoor (gym)
- Cycling
- Local night rides:
- The monthly cycle – femme, trans, women, non-binary only, start and end at the Grove
- Ghost ride – full moon ride starting at Tower Grove Park at 8:30pm with bar crawl
- Routes:
- Forest Park – closest from campus 5.7 mile loop
- Great Rivers Greenways – extended greenway system in St. Louis
- Katy Trail – 237 mile trail cutting through MO with one stop at main street St. Charles
- Local night rides:
- Hiking
- Ask an advisor: hiking spots around St. Louis – Most trails are in the Southwest with low elevation
- AllTrials – App to show the details of trials with trail maps
- 25 hiking trails around St. Louis
- Camping
- Hipcamp – Airbnb for camping, tent & cabins
- MO state parks
- IL state parks
- US National Parks (not near St. Louis)
- Others
- WU Bear Adventures from the Rec Center – University organized group outings to outdoor recreation activities and attractions around the St. Louis region
Do you know of any resources? Please let us know in the comments and we will add it in!