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By: Trinity Lavenhouse On our last full day in Colorado, we got a chance to meet Ethan Greene, director of Colorado Avalanche Info Center. At the Colorado Avalanche Info Center, scientists monitor all the avalanche-prone areas for the entire state of Colorado. Their job is to predict and forecast avalanche probability during the winter and […]
By Zachary Scott During our field trip to Minturn, Colorado, we had the opportunity to experience some of the region’s amazing geology up close – driving on perilously winding mountain roads, hiking up to the gorgeous Saint Mary’s glacier, and even digging around for fool’s gold (pyrite) and other minerals at an abandoned […]
By Janae Washington 06/21/2021 Day 4: Monday, 21 June We started off day four at Leadville, a former mining town known for its large deposits of precious ores. Our first stop was at an old mine located around 10,000 ft in elevation. Graduate student Jackson Borchardt discussed the history of mining in […]
By Neel Rathod 06/20/2021 Day 3: Sunday 20 June On day three of our field trip to Colorado, we visited some wetlands on our way to a historical site known as Camp Hale, which is approximately 15-miles from Minturn, along a cliffside road. It is not for the faint of heart for those who […]
By Elizabeth Mann Day 2: Saturday 19 June The second day of our Colorado Field Experience began with an early Saturday morning departure to “Saint Mary’s Glacier,” located near Idaho Springs in the Arapaho National Forest. This excursion would be the very first time many of our REU students would see snow and […]
RUGS Field Trip to Galveston Island and the Upper Texas Gulf Coast By Sarah Preston, Christina Stoner (& Juli Morgan) On April 25, after almost a year with no field trips, RUGS had the opportunity to take a day-long local field trip to the Upper Texas Gulf Coast. The trip was was planned by the […]
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