By Emily Crunican – Photographer

The Bishop’s Outdoors Club (BUO) started off the 2023 fall semester strong,  hosting 11 events within the first six weeks back on campus. The executive team, led by Annabelle Nadeau-Germann and Emily Crunican with the help of junior co-leads Andrew Ferguson and Gabriel Pelletier, are working diligently to continually offer Bishop’s students engaging adventures. 

The month of September started off with two annual events, beginning with a plunge in the Massawippi river. Often one of the most attended events of the year, the club welcomed close to 40 students despite the rain. On Sept. 20, the club hosted a pizza and slack line event at Optimist park which drew a crowd of close to 60 attendees. Students enjoyed an evening of good company, slacklining, spikeball, free pizza and an opportunity to purchase BUO merch. Subsequently, on Sept. 29 there was a geocaching event in Lennoxville, the first of its kind for the club. In the same week, BUO also hosted the hot chocolate stand in the Quad, an initiative that will be run by different Bishop’s clubs, societies or departments every week.

Since the start of the semester, there have been four hikes. A sunset hike at Mont Pinnacle on Sept. 17th, followed by a sunrise hike 10 days later at the same location. The next two hikes took place during the first week of October. The first hike was at the Coaticook gorge with a stop for ice cream after. The second hike of that week was at Mont des Trois Lacs where participants took time to paint at the peak. 

So far in October, students have met at Optimist park for a morning of yoga, and spent a morning mountain biking at Mont-Bellevue, as well as an overnight hiking trip at Mont Sutton. 

On Wednesday, Oct. 18, the BUO club will be in the student union building from 1-4 p.m. to answer any questions about the organization, and to offer merchandise to any interested students. There will be hoodies, long sleeves, stickers and limited edition Ciele hats for sale.

Founded in 2018, the club has since served as a facilitator to explore the beautiful areas within the Eastern Townships and beyond. Although classified as a club, BUO does not require a membership or dedicated commitment. Those participating range from seasoned outdoors people to those dipping their toes in for the first time. With single event signups available to anyone, and the ability to attend flexibly, it has developed into one of the largest and most well-known clubs on campus. 

Students can look forward to a variety of events for the rest of the semester such as hikes, frisbee, a forest cookout, a potential trip to Vermont and more! Information to sign up can be

Found by following the BUO Instagram page @bu_outdoors.