Montreat College Outdoor Recreation Studies

Montreat College Outdoor Recreation Studies The purpose of the Outdoor Education Department is to develop Christ-centered Outdoor Educators.

By combining discussion-oriented classes with real-world experience, students learn to teach in, through, and about the outdoors. Montreat College’s outdoor recreation studies (ORS) program combines elements of adventure education and environmental education into one unique program of study.

This May we are celebrating 50 years of Discovery Expeditions ! This is a special time to honor the impact of this progr...
04/03/2026

This May we are celebrating 50 years of Discovery Expeditions ! This is a special time to honor the impact of this program, reconnect with fellow Discovery friends, and celebrate its legacy together! We are planning to offer hiking, rocking climbing, and rafting excursions for Discovery Alumni (and friends) May 28-30, 2026 as well as a big celebration at the rundown on May 30th. We hope you will be able to join us in celebrating this incredible program! Please spread the word to others! More info and registration link coming soon. For questions, please email [email protected].

(Anniversary logo created by Ben Fortson)

Dottie’s annual PE downhill skiing class finished up there ski lessons about a month ago, here are some photos! They all...
03/04/2025

Dottie’s annual PE downhill skiing class finished up there ski lessons about a month ago, here are some photos! They all did so great, and thank you to Dr. Sayadian for joining us once again on the sloops:) ⛷️⛷️⛷️

Dottie’s Annual Christmas Cookie Party deserves a post of its own🍪🎄🎉 1-4: About a week before the party a small group of...
01/10/2025

Dottie’s Annual Christmas Cookie Party deserves a post of its own🍪🎄🎉

1-4: About a week before the party a small group of students went over to help finish decorating the tree and start on making some delicious german cookies🇩🇪🍪

5-7: And then it was time for the party! Lots and lots of cookie decorating, good conversation, laughter and just a great time at Dottie’s house (as it always is:)

8: The winning cookie decorating plate!

9: Honorable mention. How cute, a cookie decorated as Dottie ☺️

Oh and if anyone wants to know the current status of how many nutcrackers are in the Shuman household. The answer would be 147 🎄







Throwback to a wonderful day up at the TLC (team and leadership center) with the Intro to OREC class on Sept 12th! It wa...
11/16/2024

Throwback to a wonderful day up at the TLC (team and leadership center) with the Intro to OREC class on Sept 12th! It was a time of much fun, class bonding and team building. We love all of our new OREC students :)

Hey all! As many of you know, the night of September 27th, our beautiful campus was unexpectedly hit by Hurricane Helene...
11/02/2024

Hey all! As many of you know, the night of September 27th, our beautiful campus was unexpectedly hit by Hurricane Helene. Gratefully the ORS building and facilities were not too badly impacted and there was minimal damage. More importantly all faculty and students are safe! We all moved back into campus and started in-person classes on Oct 24th! How grateful are we to be back:) However I ask that all continue to pray for this region of WNC and those who were heavily impacted and affected by Helene!
Photos include:
1. Lake Susan day after hurricane hit (sept 28)
2. One of main roads to get into main campus (sept 28)
3-4 Field next to challenge course (today), there was much debris immediately after hurricane due the winds and waters bringing supplies and what not all the way from an auto body store around the corner to this field. Gratefully, alot of that debris was picked up and there is just rocks, dirt and what not.
5-6: Road in front of Abbott Hall, just a little damage due to the amount of water flowing down the road
7-10: RIP our beloved ORS Bus, the hurricane waters came in and made her full of mold:(

We are grateful to have incredibly supportive previous faculty, alumni and alumni families who are committed to supporti...
02/26/2023

We are grateful to have incredibly supportive previous faculty, alumni and alumni families who are committed to supporting current and future students through scholarships. Here are a some photos at a recent scholarships luncheon thanking those who give and support. We have an incredible community. If you want to support our students please feel free to connect with us. We are grateful!

First of two new boat racks for the interior storage space! This has been a major effort cleaning out space to finally s...
02/01/2023

First of two new boat racks for the interior storage space! This has been a major effort cleaning out space to finally store our boats out of the elements!
Shout out and for their effort! Amazing!
One more rack to go!

OREC 1120 Facilitating Outdoor Recreation Experiences on a magic carpet ride!
02/01/2023

OREC 1120 Facilitating Outdoor Recreation Experiences on a magic carpet ride!

Black Mountain Greenways Committee meeting in the ORS classroom today. Planning for future outdoor recreation access and...
12/09/2022

Black Mountain Greenways Committee meeting in the ORS classroom today. Planning for future outdoor recreation access and opportunities in our town.

Advanced technical skills class working on some rope system and rescue skills on the challenge course today!
12/01/2022

Advanced technical skills class working on some rope system and rescue skills on the challenge course today!

The “One match challenge” fire building day in OREC 2221 Outdoor Living Skills class. Success!
11/07/2022

The “One match challenge” fire building day in OREC 2221 Outdoor Living Skills class. Success!

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