Geology Field Trips
Late Paleozoic Field Vehicles
Field Experiences in Geology
The geology program at Western is strongly field oriented and take several departmental field trips a year in addition to the afternoon field trips associated with individual classes. These trips include the Western Slope Geology Field Conference in the fall and a five to ten day field trip in the spring term.
Geology 300 is a field trip course that is used to show students the varied geology of the Rocky Mountains Colorado Plateau, and Basin and Range.
Field trips have gone to:
- Death Valley - Winter 1994
- The fold & thrust belt & Tetons in Wyoming - Spring 1994
- Capitol Reef & the Henry Mountains in Utah - Spring 1995
- Northern New Mexico - Spring 1996
- Mojave Desert & Death Valley - Winter 1997
- Hawaii - Spring Break 1997
- Dinosaur National Monument - Spring 1997
- Central Utah- Spring 1998
- Northern New Mexico - Spring 1999
- Capitol Reef & the Henry Mountains in Utah- Spring 2000
- Zion & Toroweap - Spring 2001
- Arches & Canyonlands - Spring 2002
- Northern New Mexico - Spring 2003
- Northern Arizona and the Grand Canyon - Spring 2004
- Central and Western Utah - Spring 2005
- Northern New Mexico - Spring 2006
Information and photographs for these trips and plans for this years trips will be added soon. Come back soon.
Western Slope Geology Field Conference
The Western Slope Geology Field Conference is a weekend field trip in the early fall that is hosted and led by a group of institutions on a rotating basis. The participating institutions are:
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Adams State College (host 2008).
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Fort Lewis College (host 2009).
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Mesa Sate College (host 2006).
- Western
State College (host 2007).