{"id":107557,"date":"2001-08-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-08-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/usustatesman.com\/?p=107557"},"modified":"2001-08-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2001-08-29T00:00:00","slug":"outdoor-outfitters-provide-cheap-deals-for-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/outdoor-outfitters-provide-cheap-deals-for-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Outdoor outfitters provide cheap deals for students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"imported-author\">Hilary Ingoldsby<\/p>\n<p>   Cache County has a lot more to offer than just cheese.<\/p>\n<p>   With canyons, rivers, forests and mountains just minutes away, the Logan area offers a little bit of everything in the great outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>   Dave Christensen, manager of Utah State University&#8217;s Outdoor Recreation Center (ORC) cites the great outdoors of this area as one of his reasons for coming to USU in the first place. <\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;It&#8217;s just a great place,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>\tChristensen, who joined the ORC staff in 1999 as a student, is concerned students don&#8217;t understand that the ORC is a campus entity subsidized by student fees. <\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;We feel that not enough students know about it. We want students to understand that we are a campus entity, not a business, here to serve them,&#8221; Christensen said. <\/p>\n<p>   The ORC, located at 1050 N. 950 East, has camping supplies including tents, sleeping gear, packs and cooking gear available for rent. Winter sports equipment, water sports accessories, water-craft packages and rock climbing gear are also available. The ORC has newer and more equipment this year, Christensen said. <\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;For instance, we have 70 pairs of snowshoes this year compared to 30 last year,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p>\tPerhaps one of the most interesting opportunities available through the ORC is the yurt. A yurt is a circular tent structure of Mongolian origin that is used today for places to stay when back-country touring or skiing.  The ORC owns and maintains the &#8220;ski huts&#8221; as Christensen calls them, in the local area and students may reserve to use them starting Nov. 27 at 10 a.m.. <\/p>\n<p>   Prices for rentals vary with the product. Christensen assures students that prices at the ORC are below the national average.  <\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;We rent our snowshoes for $6 a day and the national average is about $10. We keep the prices low for the students,&#8221; Christensen said.<\/p>\n<p>\tRates are based on one-day rentals, two-to-three-day rentals and then a small amount extra for additional days. <\/p>\n<p>\tTo rent, a valid USU ID is required. Christensen advises students to come in during the week and reserve equipment they want to use over the weekend. <\/p>\n<p>\tTo reserve equipment, a student must pay the first day of rental fees.<\/p>\n<p>\t The final balance is due when picking up the equipment. Equipment is due back no later than 5 p.m. on the due date. If it is late, there are late fees. <\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;When someone turns in something late, it jeopardizes someone else&#8217;s trip,&#8221; Christensen said.<\/p>\n<p>\tRenters are also responsible for any damage done to the equipment.<\/p>\n<p>   Christensen said the ORC is &#8220;here to advise and help people plan trips.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>\tThe ORC can help people find good places to go to for outdoor activities and give advice on how to properly use equipment, he said. <\/p>\n<p>    Logan retailers also offer rental equipment. Most sporting equipment stores in the area have equipment for rent.  <\/p>\n<p>\tAl&#8217;s Sporting Goods, located at 1617 N. Main St., rents skis, snowboards and paintball equipment. <\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;It&#8217;s good for students because it&#8217;s a lot cheaper than at the mountain,&#8221; said Chris Kofoed, manager of Al&#8217;s ski equipment. <\/p>\n<p>   The Trailhead, located at 117 N. Main St., also has rental equipment. <\/p>\n<p>\tOne of the most unique outdoor accessories available in the store is an igloo maker that can be taken on trips to mold snow into an igloo. <\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;Lots of people come here because of where USU is and we&#8217;re only five or 10 minutes from the mountain. It&#8217;s a good way to take advantage of where you live,&#8221; said Scott Datwyler, owner of The Trailhead. <\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;Students can&#8217;t really store a canoe or a kayak, so they can rent it. Also, it&#8217;s a way for students to try things out before they buy it,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>     &#8220;We want students to realize that they shouldn&#8217;t let school get in the way of their education. There&#8217;s a lot to be learned in the outdoors,&#8221; Christensen said.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hilary Ingoldsby Cache County has a lot more to offer than just cheese. With canyons, rivers, forests and mountains just&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Outdoor outfitters provide cheap deals for students - The Utah Statesman<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Outdoor outfitters provide cheap deals for students\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/outdoor-outfitters-provide-cheap-deals-for-students\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Outdoor outfitters provide cheap deals for students - The Utah Statesman\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Outdoor outfitters provide cheap deals for students\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/outdoor-outfitters-provide-cheap-deals-for-students\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Utah Statesman\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UtahStatesman\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2001-08-29T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/screen-shot-2018-05-08-at-12.20.43-pm.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"586\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"476\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"The Utah Statesman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UtahStatesman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UtahStatesman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"The Utah Statesman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/outdoor-outfitters-provide-cheap-deals-for-students\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/outdoor-outfitters-provide-cheap-deals-for-students\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"The Utah Statesman\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4aa722887bdde151924afc131aaaa071\"},\"headline\":\"Outdoor outfitters provide cheap deals for students\",\"datePublished\":\"2001-08-29T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2001-08-29T00:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/outdoor-outfitters-provide-cheap-deals-for-students\/\"},\"wordCount\":639,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"All\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/outdoor-outfitters-provide-cheap-deals-for-students\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/outdoor-outfitters-provide-cheap-deals-for-students\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/outdoor-outfitters-provide-cheap-deals-for-students\/\",\"name\":\"Outdoor outfitters provide cheap deals for students - The Utah Statesman\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2001-08-29T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2001-08-29T00:00:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"Outdoor outfitters provide cheap deals for students\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/outdoor-outfitters-provide-cheap-deals-for-students\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/outdoor-outfitters-provide-cheap-deals-for-students\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/outdoor-outfitters-provide-cheap-deals-for-students\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Outdoor outfitters provide cheap deals for students\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/\",\"name\":\"The Utah Statesman\",\"description\":\"USU&#039;s Student Newspaper\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Utah Statesman\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/utahstatesmanlogooriginal.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/utahstatesmanlogooriginal.png\",\"width\":1289,\"height\":1065,\"caption\":\"The Utah Statesman\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UtahStatesman\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/UtahStatesman\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/utahstatesman\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/the-utah-statesman\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/utahstatesman\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4aa722887bdde151924afc131aaaa071\",\"name\":\"The Utah Statesman\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e31d3b832927787930ad5b3f3a8bdbc9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e31d3b832927787930ad5b3f3a8bdbc9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"The Utah Statesman\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/usustatesman.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/author\/webmaster\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Outdoor outfitters provide cheap deals for students - The Utah Statesman","description":"Outdoor outfitters provide cheap deals for students","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/outdoor-outfitters-provide-cheap-deals-for-students\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Outdoor outfitters provide cheap deals for students - The Utah Statesman","og_description":"Outdoor outfitters provide cheap deals for students","og_url":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/outdoor-outfitters-provide-cheap-deals-for-students\/","og_site_name":"The Utah Statesman","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UtahStatesman","article_published_time":"2001-08-29T00:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":586,"height":476,"url":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/screen-shot-2018-05-08-at-12.20.43-pm.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"The Utah Statesman","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UtahStatesman","twitter_site":"@UtahStatesman","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"The Utah Statesman","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/outdoor-outfitters-provide-cheap-deals-for-students\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/outdoor-outfitters-provide-cheap-deals-for-students\/"},"author":{"name":"The Utah Statesman","@id":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4aa722887bdde151924afc131aaaa071"},"headline":"Outdoor outfitters provide cheap deals for students","datePublished":"2001-08-29T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2001-08-29T00:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/outdoor-outfitters-provide-cheap-deals-for-students\/"},"wordCount":639,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/#organization"},"articleSection":["All"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/outdoor-outfitters-provide-cheap-deals-for-students\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/outdoor-outfitters-provide-cheap-deals-for-students\/","url":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/outdoor-outfitters-provide-cheap-deals-for-students\/","name":"Outdoor outfitters provide cheap deals for students - The Utah Statesman","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2001-08-29T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2001-08-29T00:00:00+00:00","description":"Outdoor outfitters provide cheap deals for students","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/outdoor-outfitters-provide-cheap-deals-for-students\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/outdoor-outfitters-provide-cheap-deals-for-students\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/outdoor-outfitters-provide-cheap-deals-for-students\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Outdoor outfitters provide cheap deals for students"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/","name":"The Utah Statesman","description":"USU&#039;s Student Newspaper","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/#organization","name":"The Utah Statesman","url":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/utahstatesmanlogooriginal.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/utahstatesmanlogooriginal.png","width":1289,"height":1065,"caption":"The Utah Statesman"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UtahStatesman","https:\/\/x.com\/UtahStatesman","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/utahstatesman\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/the-utah-statesman","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/utahstatesman"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4aa722887bdde151924afc131aaaa071","name":"The Utah Statesman","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e31d3b832927787930ad5b3f3a8bdbc9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e31d3b832927787930ad5b3f3a8bdbc9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"The Utah Statesman"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/usustatesman.com"],"url":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/author\/webmaster\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}