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Join an ultimate frisbee team or challenge a friend to a lively game of pool. Like the outdoors? Go biking or jogging down the Chippewa River Trail (30+ miles!). With beautiful, natural scenery and hundreds of campus activities, you'll never be bored!

Feel like breaking a sweat? With a membership to the work-out facilities on upper campus, students can have access to weight rooms and aerobic machines in the Crest Nautilus Center and McPhee Strength and Performance Center. Plus aerobics, yoga, and Pilates classes are free!

Want to make instant friends? Put a volleyball in your hands! With sand volleyball courts sitting in the spotlight on upper campus, nighttime games are a hot commodity. No worries if you aren't a superstar athlete, numerous intramurals are offered - even dodgeball and kickball!

Step into someone else's shoes for a change! The Bowling and Billiards Center (BBC) has air hockey, ping pong, pool tables, foosball and a full bowling alley (where late night cosmic bowling is a must!). The BBC is conveniently located in the Hilltop Center on upper campus.

Grab your swimsuit and practice those cannonballs in McPhee Center, home of our NCAA Division III varsity athletics. Students have free access to the swimming pool, indoor track, virtual golf, climbing wall, racquetball, tennis and volleyball courts. Talk about a full-body workout!

It's Wisconsin after all, so strap on your skis or snow shoes! The Environmental Adventure Center supplies your year-round activities with affordable rental gear. They even organize high adventure trips out west for those of you seeking more of a thrill!

Find out what's around the river bend! The Chippewa River is a beautiful feature of UW-Eau Claire. Here you'll find students tubing, canoeing or kayaking, fishing from Putnam rock, and basking in the sun to get that awesome Wisconsin tan.








Interested in playing NCAA, Division III, Blugold Athletics?
Get in touch with coaches and learn about our Blugold success!
The Environmental Adventure Center on campus offers an archery range, ropes course adventure trips, rental gear and an indoor climbing wall!
The rec T-shirt you see here? Yep, pretty much like gold on campus! Winners of the intramural athletic teams win this and get to strut their stuff!
University Recreation offers club sports, disc golf, massage therapy, aerobics classes and much more!