Field Camp Schedule
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
May 15 Report to Ozark Hall Room 113 on U of A campus, Check in.
May 16 Depart from U of A campus, 8:30 AM, Drive to Goodland, Kansas, Camp
May 17 Depart, Goodland, Kansas. Drive to Homestake Creek, Colorado, Camp
May 18 Depart, Homestake Creek, Colorado, drive to Pinedale, Wyoming, Camp
May 19 Depart Pinedale, Wyoming, drive to Dillon, Montana, Check in Dorms.
May 20 Free Day, Dillon, Montana
May 21 Mapping Project, Frying Pan Gulch, Montana Fold Belt
May 22 Mapping Project, Frying Pan Gulch, Montana Fold Belt
May 23 Mapping Project, Frying Pan Gulch, Montana Fold Belt
May 24 Mapping Project, Frying pan Gulch, Montana Fold Belt
May 25 Office Day in Dillon, Projects due at 5:00 P.M.
May 26 Introduction to Big Hole Area and Eocene Volcanics
May 27 Free Day in Dillon, Montana
May 28 Mapping Project, Big Hole Area, Montana Fold Belt
May 29 Mapping Project, Big Hole Area, Montana Fold Belt
May 30 Mapping Project, Big Hole Area, Montana Fold Belt
May 31 Mapping Project, Big Hole Area, Montana Fold Belt
June 01 Office Day in Dillon, Projects due at 5:00 P.M.
June 02 Free Day, Dillon, Montana
June 03 Travel to Teton National Park via western Yellowstone National Park. Camp in
Tetons
June 04 Examine structural and geomorphic features of Teton National Park. Camp in
Tetons
June 05 Examine hydrothermal features of eastern Yellowstone Park, Return to Dillon
June 06 Check out of dorms in Dillon, Travel to and check in cabins at Elkhorn Springs.
June 07 Hydrogeology Project, Elkhorn Springs
June 08 Hydrogeology Project, Coolidge Ghost Town
June 09 Hydrogeology Project, Coolidge Ghost Town
June 10 Office Day, Elkhorn Springs, Projects due at 5:00 P.M.
June 11 Project, Badger Pass and Blue Wing Mining District
June 12 Project, Surficial Mapping of Glacial Deposits and Moose Photography, Kelly
Reservoir
June 13 Project, Surficial Mapping of Glacial Deposits and Moose Photography, Kelly
Reservoir
June 14 Office Day, Elkhorn Springs, Projects due at 12:00.
June 15 Early Departure for Glacier National Park. Camp at West Glacier
June 16 Examine glacial and stratigraphic features of West Glacier. Travel to St. Mary’s,
Camp
June 17 Drive Going to the Sun highway and visit Many Glaciers, travel to Gipson Reservoir,
Camp
June 18 Examine structural features of Montana Overthrust Belt, travel to Dillon, Check in.
June 19 Free Day in Dillon, Montana
June 20 Precambrian Metamorphic Rocks, Highland Mountains, and Big Hole Pluton
June 21 Neotectonics Project, Timber Hill in Ruby Range
June 22 Neotectonics Project, Timber Hill in Ruby Range
June 23 Depart, Dillon,Montana drive to Devils Tower, Wyoming, Camp
June 24 Depart, Devils Tower, Drive to Fayetteville Arkansas, Arrive June 25 at 6:28 A.M.