Field Trip

Name: Columbia Gorge Geology Field Trip – May 5th
Start: 2024-05-05T08:30:00-07:00
End: 2024-05-05T15:30:00-07:00
Location: Skyline Health Foundation

September 2023
September 16, 2023 @ 10:00 am PDT

Deep Lake Potholes Field Trip

Sun Lakes State Park Deep Lake Parking Lot (47.58848153536495, -119.34090712166719), WA, United States

Join Sun Lakes-Dry Falls State Park Rangers for an eye opening field trip to the Deep Lake Potholes in Sun Lakes State Park on Saturday, Sept 16. We will meet in the Deep Lake parking lot at 10:00 AM. Discover Pass is Required. Years ago, Tom Foster blogged about his visits to these incredible potholes: I must have stood at this spot for 15 minutes Saturday - Amazing Ice Age Flood features surrounded me. In this shot the pothole, massive butte and hanging coulee all help one visualize the awesome power of the Ice Age Floods. I'm impressed with the large basalt overhang near the skyline. In Bruce Bjornstad's book "On the Trail of the Ice Age Floods" he describes this undercutting process that was key to the formation of vertical faces in recessional cataracts. The Interpretive Master Plan for the Ice Age Floods in Washington State Parks describes this group of kolk carved depressions - "Another spectacular feature is a tight cluster of the deep potholes beyond Sun Lake just west of Deep Lake. These potholes lie along the valley bottom and require only a 5-10 minute walk from the road." I'd also like to mention that a fall into one of these potholes could be fatal!

Free
October 2023
October 7, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PDT

TOUR: The Five Great Lakes of the Missoula Floods

FIELD TRIP LEADERS: Lloyd Stoess, Palouse Falls Chapter President and Jacqui Hair, Palouse Falls Chapter Vice President. DESCRIPTION OF FIELD TRIP: This tour will visit much of the area covered by the temporary drainage known as Lake Lewis. At its maximum, the lake was over 1000 feet deep, with only a few “Lake Lewis Isles” rising above. Icebergs and other floating debris (including mammoth carcasses) drifted into quieter waters and ran aground along the shorelines of these islands, leaving behind boulders of exotic rock types (erratics) from hundreds of miles away. Ice Age flood site features will include, but are not limited to: Devils Canyon; Washtucna Coulee; Coyote Canyon Mammoth Dig Site; Lakes Lewis Isles; and the White Bluffs. CHECK-IN: Your name badge and field guide will be available at the following times and locations: Saturday October 7th: Prior to departure at the Washtucna High School. WHERE TO MEET: Washtucna High School, 730 Booth Ave., Washtucna, WA >> Parking is available on site. << BUS LOADING: A chartered bus will begin loading at 8:45 a.m.; buses leave promptly at 9:00 a.m. Buses will return around 5:00 p.m.. Restrooms are available at some stops. CANCELLATION: Cancellation refunds will be made only if field trip registrar, Jacqui Hair, receives notice no later than September 24 and vacancies can be filled from a stand-by list. Jacqui can be reached at jacquihair05@gmail.com or (509) 301-0007. ITEMS TO BRING WITH YOU: Binoculars, camera, sunglasses, and clothing for variable weather conditions. $125* field trip fee– Registering as a non-Ice Age Floods Institute Member $110* field trip fee– Registering as a Ice Age Floods Institute Member. If joining now or renewing as an IAFI member, also include your IAFI Membership Application with your field trip registration, fees and liability release form. Please write one check to IAFIPF for registration and a separate check to IAFI for membership fee. $95* field trip fee – Registering as a Palouse Falls Chapter Ice Age Floods Institute Member (thank you for your support!) *FIELD TRIP FEE covers: 1) outstanding and knowledgeable field trip leaders, 2) a very detailed and well-illustrated Field Trip Guidebook, 3) delicious lunch, snacks, and drinks, and 4) comfortable deluxe chartered bus with microphone system for lectures while in route. Registration and liability forms are available for download.
October 14, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm PDT

Cheney-Spokane Chapter Fishtrap Lake Field Trip / Hike

Fishtrap Lake South Loop

Fishtrap Lake, Washington (BLM Photo) Come join us for a 5-mile hike to explore the Ice Age floods features in the Fishtrap Lake area east of Sprague, WA! The Cheney-Spokane Chapter of the IAFI is scheduling a hike at Fishtrap Lake on Saturday, October 14th. The hike will be led by Don Chadbourne and Chris Sheeran, geologists and board members of the Cheney-Spokane Chapter. Description of Fishtrap Lake Hike We will begin and end at the Fishtrap Lake South Loop Trailhead. The hike will follow the South Loop trail, with a total length of about 5 miles. The trail is mostly single track over dirt and rock, with an elevation gain and loss of about 500 feet. Along the way we will have an intimate view of the channeled scablands that were carved out by the ice age floods and see features including pothole lakes, rock benches, Mima mounds, kolks, and streamlined and scarped Palouse hills. The hike will also provide wide open views of Fishtrap Lake and the surrounding country. This hike is included in On the Trail of the Ice Age Floods – Northern Reaches, by Bruce Bjornstad & Eugene Kiver, but we will be following trails that were constructed after the book was published. Directions to the trailhead From I-90 take Exit 254 and proceed south 3.6 miles on the Sprague Highway. Turn left (east) on Miller Ranch Road and proceed 0.2 miles to the “T” at the Miller Ranch house. Turn right (south) and drive 0.8 miles to the trailhead parking lot. There is a vault toilet at the parking lot. (Google Maps Link: https://goo.gl/maps/9Zz7nwdwziMzHYh69 map coordinates: 47.33381100925525, -117.863529217959) The hike will be limited to 20 hikers. Items to bring with you: appropriate shoes, day pack, water, snacks, appropriate clothing for changes in the weather, sun protection, emergency items, camera and binoculars. Walking poles will be helpful. The hike is free; however, donations for support of Chapter activities will be accepted. For additional questions contact Don at 509-891-5875.
April 2024
April 18, 2024 - April 19, 2024

Field Trip to the Ice Dam Site

A field trip to Sandpoint ID to view geologic features related to the ice dam(s) that blocked the Clark Fork River causing the formation of Glacial Lake Missoula is planned for April 17-19th by the Glacial Lake Missoula chapter. Tony Lewis of the Coeur du Deluge Chapter will narrate a day long bus trip on April 18. A car caravan will visit Farragut State Park and other downstream sites the next day. Registration is limited and is being handled by the Montana Natural History Center at https://events.humanitix.com/ice-dam-field-trip Discounted registration is available at Schweitzer Resort until March 18th. For further information check out these details or contact Sherry McLauchlan, 406-207-7760.
April 25, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm PDT

Field Presentations to 7th Grade Science Students

Fort Cascades Regional Park North Bonneville, WA, United States

On Thursday, April 25, four classes of 7th grade science students from Henkle Middle School will be visiting Fort Cascades Park on the Columbia River below Bonneville Dam for talks by Jeanette Burkhardt and Margaret Neumann of Yakama Fisheries and Mid-Columbia Fisheries, and Lloyd DeKay of the Ice Age Floods Institute. All together, 90 students will learn more in the field about fish, natural resources and Gorge geology. The presenters also volunteer in leading field trips for the Columbia Gorge Master Naturalist program.
May 2024
May 5, 2024 @ 8:30 am - 3:30 pm PDT

Columbia Gorge Geology Field Trip – May 5th

Skyline Health Foundation 211 Skyline Dr, White Salmon, WA, United States

Lloyd DeKay, president of the Columbia River Gorge Chapter of IAFI, has volunteered to lead a day-long presentation and field trip on June 1, 2024, to explore the geology of the central-east portion of the Columbia River Gorge for winning donors at the Skyline Health Foundation's Cultivate Columbia fundraiser on April 13, 2024. The day will begin at 8:30 AM with a slide presentation about the origins and geohistory of the Gorge. Then participants will board a bus for a 40+ mile roundtrip to see and discuss a number of uniquely interesting places and geologic features found in the Gorge between White Salmon and The Dalles. Basalt Pillows We'll see and discuss lahar deposits, kolk ponds, tree casts, differences between pillow basalts and Maar deposits, Ice Age Floods features, indigenous petroglyphs and even a brief trip through Africa USA. Lunch will be no-host at a local restaurant along the way. Maar Deposits This field trip is donated in support of the Skyline Health Foundation. The Cultivate Columbia fundraiser is currently sold out, so if you don't have tickets and you wish to participate, you should contact the foundation director, Elizabeth Vaivoda at 509-637-2602 for more details.

Field Trip

September 2023

Deep Lake Potholes Field Trip

October 2023

TOUR: The Five Great Lakes of the Missoula Floods

Cheney-Spokane Chapter Fishtrap Lake Field Trip / Hike

April 2024

Field Trip to the Ice Dam Site

Field Presentations to 7th Grade Science Students

May 2024

Columbia Gorge Geology Field Trip – May 5th

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