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Explore and Discover How Our Amazing Region was Formed!

Field Trips, Presentations and Other Events are designed to educate, entertain and leave you with a sense of “wow” along with providing fascinating information about the Ice Age Floods. 

Upcoming IAFI Events Calendar

Ice Age Floods Institute Events Inspire, Encourage Exploration, Offer Friendship and Involvement

April 2025
Apr 05
Apr 05, 2025
Central Washington University, 400 E University Way
Ellensburg, WA 98926 United States

Margins of the Eastern Cascades:  Western Kittitas Basin—Lower Teanaway—Lower Swauk Loop Topics will include volcanism, tectonics, alpine glaciation, landslides, and stream channel changes in the area between Ellensburg, Cle Elum,

Apr 05
Apr 05, 2025
Fishtrap Lake North Loop, Sprague, WA 99032 United States

The Cheney-Spokane Chapter of the IAFI is scheduling a hike at the north loop trailhead of Fishtrap Lake on Saturday, April 5th. The hike will start at 10:00 a.m. It

Apr 15
Apr 15, 2025
Cheney Community Library, 610 1st St
Cheney, WA 99004

Enhanced LIDAR images (WA-DNR) Glaciers have shaped much of the Pacific Northwest’s landscape over the past 15,000 years. The Cordilleran ice sheet, repeated ice age floods, and expansive alpine glaciation

Apr 28
Apr 28, 2025
White Salmon Valley Community Library, 77 NE Wauna Ave
White Salmon, WA 98672 United States

Tom Pierson, retired USGS Hydrologist, will present highlights and interactions in a talk about the Geology of the Columbia River Gorge. Tom will talk about how the Columbia River Basalt

Apr 28
Apr 28, 2025
Moran Prairie Library, 6004 S Regal St
Spokane, WA 99223

Palouse Falls - Photo Glenn Traver Before the Ice Age Floods, the Palouse River would have flowed through present day Washtucna, Kahlotus, Connell, Mesa, and Eltopia before entering the Columbia

May 2025
May 02
May 02, 2025
Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, 5000 Discovery Dr.
The Dalles, OR 97058 United States

 Celebrating Ice Age Floods Institute's 30th Anniversary The annual IAFI Membership Meeting is coming to the Columbia Gorge this May 2-3, 2025, and all our members and their guests are

May 05
May 05, 2025

(05Dec2024) The Mid-Pleistocene Transition (MPT), where the Pleistocene glacial cycles changed from 41 to ∼100 kyr periodicity, is one of the most intriguing unsolved issues in the field of paleoclimatology. Jerry McManus

May 14
May 14, 2025
Spokane Valley Library, 22 N Herald Rd, A
Spokane Valley, W, WA 99206 United States

  Maps Have you ever been watching a science program and wondered “How do they know that?” Dr. Gary L. Ford, President, IAFI, will briefly discuss the how and who

May 17
May 17, 2025
Palisades Park, 2-198 S Rimrock Dr
Spokane, WA 99224 United States

The 3-mile hike will be led by IAFICS board member geologist Michael Hamilton. It will take place along Rimrock Drive, which has spectacular views of Spokane and the Spokane Valley.

June 2025
Jun 14
Jun 14, 2025
Leahy Junction, Coulee City, WA United States

2025 Ellensburg Ice Age Flood Institute Field Trip - "Northeastern Waterville Plateau". Topics will center around the Okanogan Lobe of the Cordilleran Icesheet and Ice Age floods in a now

Activities

Field Trips and Hikes are led by amateur and professional Geologists with new and amazing information to share. They are fun, exciting and informative outdoor adventures for the entire Family to enjoy!

Visit our Activities Event Calendar below for IAFI Field Trips, Hikes and other activities in your area, and go have a great time!

Upcoming Activities
April 2025
Apr 05
April 05, 2025
Central Washington University, 400 E University Way
Ellensburg, WA 98926 United States
Apr 05
April 05, 2025
Fishtrap Lake North Loop, Sprague, WA 99032 United States
May 2025

Presentations

We offer indoor Presentations, especially popular when heat or cold make outdoor Field Trips too uncertain or uncomfortable. Many Presentations are available via Zoom.

We also offer programs for schools, senior centers and  similar organizations to educate and stimulate minds about the Ice Age Floods.

Upcoming Presentations
April 2025
Apr 15
April 15, 2025
Cheney Community Library, 610 1st St
Cheney, WA 99004
Apr 28
April 28, 2025
White Salmon Valley Community Library, 77 NE Wauna Ave
White Salmon, WA 98672 United States
Apr 28
April 28, 2025
Moran Prairie Library, 6004 S Regal St
Spokane, WA 99223

Other events

Other Events such as meetings, festivals, conventions and gatherings, with various public and private organizations, help us tell the story of the Ice Age Floods, Geology, Wildlife and History.

We often have our ‘Store in a Box‘ at these types of events where people can view and purchase IAFI merchandise.

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Relive Past Articles

Bretz and His Floods Story – National Geographic

National Geographic has published an outstanding article, “Formed by Megafloods, This Place Fooled Scientists for Decades”, about J Harlan Bretz and his outrageous, fantastical theories of a landscape shaped by huge floods. Most Ice Age Floods aficionados are generally aware of the story, but this one is so detailed and

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Explore the Columbia River Gorge

The Columbia River Gorge is an incredibly popular area to visit, and that’s for good reason, the setting is uniquely spectacular. The Gorge encompasses: Easily accessible ecozones that range through boreal conifer forests, oak woodlands, high desert grasslands and alpine environments in only 40 miles, Dazzling viewpoints and scenery, including

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Grand Coulee Dam Story

1918 story in the Wenatchee World that Bill Dietrich (former Columbian reporter and later with The Seattle Times) says in his wonderful 1995 book Northwest Passage — The Great Columbia River , “is probably the single most famous newspaper article in Pacific Northwest history. . . It is generally credited

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Ice Age Floods’ Features

This is an amazing compilation of extra ordinary photographs that have been expertly labeled to assist the viewer’s understanding of the evidence supporting the creation of the Channelled Scablands in Eastern Washington State, USA.  The photographs are panned and zoomed in and out on providing an overview and close-ups of

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Model for a Missoula Flood

ICYMI (in case you missed it) — Floodwaters rise more than 1,000 feet as they slam into the Columbia River Gorge from the east. The torrent blasts through the narrows at 60 mph, carrying truck-size boulders and house-size icebergs. Reaching Portland, water loaded with gravel and dirt roils to a

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Earth Appears to Have a 27.5-Million-Year ‘Heartbeat’

Geologists have been investigating a potential cycle in geological events for a long time. A recent analysis on the ages of 89 well-understood geological events from the past 260 million years show a catastrophic 27.5 million year pulse in eight clusters of world-changing geologic events over geologically small timespans. This

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Hydraulic Modeling of a Missoula Flood

Chris Goodell’s 1-hour video presentation of his Ice Age Flood hydraulic modeling is both enlightening and thought provoking. Chris is a hydraulic modeling professional for Kleinschmidt Group, whose personal interest in the Ice Age Floods phenomenon led him to privately undertake HEC-RAS modeling of a possible Ice Age Flood hydraulic

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Ice Age Floods – Giant Current Ripples

Check out this 2-Minute Geology expedition with Nick Zentner and Tom Foster exploring the Giant Current Ripples at West Bar and Camas Prairie. Ice age floodwater 650 feet deep – moving at 65 miles per hour – left Giant Current Ripples along the Columbia River at West Bar! The ripples

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