REI Outdoor School Classes and Outings

Learn a new activity or brush up your skills.

Outdoor Fitness – Kayaking – Rock Climbing – Mountain Biking – Backpacking - Stand Up Paddleboarding – Navigation – Snowshoeing – Road Cycling – Camping – Skiing – Wilderness Medicine – and more!

Are you ready to try something new, or hone your skills in an activity you already enjoy? REI Outdoor School professional instructors can get you on your way, and you don't need a lot of gear to participate: we provide kayaks, boards, bikes, snowshoes, GPS units and more. Offering beginning to advanced level classes and outings in a variety of activities. Sign up today!

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Outdoor Fitness Classes & Outings

Climbing, hiking, biking, paddling and all outdoor activities take a certain level of effort. Join your local Outdoor School and be part of REI Nature's Gym. From cross training to trail running and yoga to rock climbing we have something for everyone. Join REI Nature's Gym Outdoor Fitness classes and take your workout – OUTside!

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Paddling Classes & Outings

REI Outdoor School offers something for all levels of paddlers – Stand-Up Paddleboarding (SUP) and Kayaking skill development classes and tours on local waterways. Join REI's professional paddling instructors to learn how to paddle, self-rescue, and navigate a variety of water bodies. We provide boats/boards, paddles, life jackets.

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Cycling Classes & Outings

Feeling wobbly on two wheels? Or do you want to hone your biking skills? REI Outdoor School has a full selection of cycling programs to suit your needs. Our road biking courses teach you everything from balancing on the bike to bike commuting. Our mountain biking courses help you get off the road and onto the trails with a variety of obstacles to suit your level of skill. Novara bikes may be provided.

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Climbing Classes & Outings

REI Outdoor School will teach you all the skills you need to know to get up the rock and confidently out climbing. We have classes that will teach you the basics of belaying, climbing technique, anchor building, lead climbing and self-rescue skills. We provide all the climbing equipment and professional instructors.

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Wilderness Medicine Classes & Outings

Whether you venture into your local parks or deep into the backcountry, having a solid foundation of first aid skills is necessary. REI is collaborating with the Wilderness Medicine Institute of NOLS to offer a comprehensive two day course that will teach you the wilderness medicine skills you need to recreate with confidence in the backcountry.

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Hiking & Camping Classes & Outings

Join the REI Outdoor School in learning how to make a comfortable home in the outdoors. We'll teach you how to travel, set up a campsite, cook and backpack in some of the country's most beautiful places. Want to get the family outside? We can make it easy with our family specific classes.

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Navigation Classes & Outings

Learning to navigate with a map, compass and GPS device can be challenging. Let the professional navigation instructors at REI help you gain your bearings so you feel confident on your own. Our navigation courses will teach you how to orient a map, use a compass, mark and follow waypoints, and help you see the landscape in new ways.

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Outdoor Photography Classes & Outings

Join REI's professional photography instructors both in store and in the field as we teach techniques to turn everyday outdoor snapshots into beautiful compositions. We teach the basics of how to use your camera (both digital and film) and take you to the next level with macro photography, nighttime photography and more!

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Snowsports Classes & Outings

Get outside and active in the winter! REI Outdoor School will help you get out on snowshoes, cross country skis, downhill skis or snowboard this winter. We'll help you understand how to stay warm, teach a variety of snowshoeing and skiing/boarding techniques, and help you feel confident going out on your own.

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