Upcoming hikes are listed on the hiking schedule, where you can get information about hike difficulty and who is leading. Of course, hikes (and other events) are always announced first via our mailing list. You must sign up for hikes either at the club sports office, or online (below).
Our fees have been restructured slightly to make both our and your bookkeeping easier. Membership will be $20 for the year (both semesters!) and includes the first hike. Each hike thereafter will be $5. Nonmember hiking costs $15 per trip. For day-of-trip walk-ons, there will be a $6 surcharge for both members and nonmembers.
Obviously, if you hike more than once, the best value is to be a member. However, please note that members must be Columbia affiliates. This means that you are a Columbia or TC student, alum, or employee. Individuals who are not Columbia affiliates may accompany members on hikes, but must pay the nonmember rate.
If you have already paid $15 for a fall membership, that will be good for both fall and spring, but you'll have to pay $5 for any new trips (i.e. that you have not already paid for). In short, all payments made under the old fee structure are valid.
Neither credit nor a refund can be given for cancellations after the Wednesday before a hike. No exceptions.
Why such a hard-hearted policy? We turn down many people from each hike, expecially in the prime fall season; to allow late cancellations encourages registration without commitment, which not only prevents other hikers from registering, but also takes revenue from the club. The club pays a flat fee for each day of van use, and so our hiking system only works when each seat on a trip is paid for.
Here is a map to the Club Sports office and Lou Gehrig Lounge in Dodge Fitness Center, if you are wondering how to get there from the entrance. (Can't find Dodge? Try Columbia's map to Dodge Fitness Center). Note the entrance to Dodge is belowground, between Uris and Havemeyer.
Page maintained by Mathew Davies.
