RECENT EOU GEOLOGY TRIPS!
GEOL 201 Boulder Park Trip, Fall 2011
The rain threatened but we worked our way around it on what turned out to be a nice October weekend on the flanks of the Wallowa Mountains. The tamaracks weren't quite in full color yet, but the aspen were pretty. We made it to the top of Sawtooth despite the fact that loggers had obliterated the trail!
Clarica Pinkerton (left), Marco Juarez (center), and Kaitlynn Fellows (right) enjoy a beautiful day in the field at Boulder Park.
Saturday's group (left) and Sunday's group (right) enjoy the beautiful view on top of Sawtooth.
GEOL 441 Glacial Geology Field Trip, Fall 2011
It was snowy at Anthony Lakes, perfect for our hike up to Hoffer Lakes to look at glacial geology features. The next day we traveled up the Lostine River and then on to Wallowa Lake to look at moraines and other neat things. It was a great weekend!
Panorama of Anthony Lakes by Adam Stubblefield.
Adam Stubblefield (left) and the group (center) at Anthony Lakes. Michelle Melchor poses at Hoffer Lake (right).
The group that hiked to Hoffer Lake (left); A foggy morning at Rhinehart Gorge (right).
The class examines the terminal moraine at Wallowa Lake (left); the class mascot (right) waiting for the next Ice Age.
GEOL 203 John Day Field Trip, Spring 2011
The weekend of our John Day trip brought record rainfall to the Kimberly area. The storm knocked down most of our tents, so a lot of students ended up sleeping in the vans. At least it stopped raining while we ate supper and breakfast! The river was rising fast and the floodwaters were lapping up on the edge of the campground as we pulled out the next morning, rising to the second highest floodlevels in history by Monday. It was a great trip!
Justin Anderson measures section at Goose Rock (left); Ashley Cogburn poses at the Painted Hills (center); and Rob Luster climbs up into Blue Basin (right).
Shawn Reynolds and Jennifer Stewart show off the fish scale they found at Ochoco Summit (left); The class poses at the Painted Hills (right).
GEOL 451 Hydrology Grande Ronde River and Hells Canyon Trips, Spring 2011
May 2011 brought on record flooding on the Grande Ronde River-- A perfect time for Hydrology trips! We had fun measuring the flow of the Grande Ronde and Powder Rivers. Wish we had brought the current meter when we made a quick trip a week and one-half later to see the flooding at Hilgard!
Kellie Robinson has fun profiling the Grande Ronde River (left); Kellie, Michelle Melchor, and Julie Brown measure the flow velocity at Tony Vey Meadows (center); and Lisa Steinbach examines Miocene stream gravels at Starkey.
Jeff Peters and Lisa Steinbach seen through the transit (left); Michelle Melchor plays Vanna White at a folded outcrop of Martin Bridge Limestone (center); and the class poses at Hells Canyon Dam.
Jeff, Lisa, Chad Huddleston, and Julie Brown examine the flooding at Hilgard Park (left); Flood waters rage under a reporter from The Observer standing on the Hilgard Bridge (left.
Lisa poses on the bridge with the flooded park in the background (left); Lisa and Julie pose on the edge of the flood (right).
GEOL 202 Physical Geology Anthony Lakes Trip, Winter 2011
It was cold and cloudy and snowy, but at least the wind didn't blow that hard, except at Telocaset Pass. We managed to make it up the side of Mt. Harris on Saturday but had to climb up it on Sunday after a storm dropped 3 inches more snow on the road on Saturday night. Always have a Plan B!
Walking up Mt. Harris road to get a view of the "drunken meanders" (left); Saturday's group poses in the snow (right).
Jessica Lea enjoys the snow at Anthony Lakes (left); Sunday's group poses in front of Gunsight Mountain (center); Mike Ogburn buries himself in the snow is at Anthony Lakes (right).
GEOL 431 Paleontology Newport Trip, Winter 2011
We battled ice over the pass and through the gorge and it was downright frosty when we made it to Beverly Beach, but we still managed to have a great day finding fossils and visiting the geologic sights in the Newport area. We found fish fossils in the Astoria Formation at Jumpoff Joe for the first time. And, we got to eat some great seafood!
The group poses on the Astoria Formation at Jumpoff Joe (left); Deb Chandler and Bradley Savely (foregrround) take notes on the beach at Wade Creek (center); Abby Wicks examines the Astoria Formation fossils at Wade Creek.