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Join our Lower Grand Coulee Chapter Outings Coordinator, Gene Wing, and others on 11/18 at 10AM for a hike to the "Crystal Cave" just south of Soap Lake. We will meet in the parking area at the end of Road 23 NW at 10AM. Directions: Follow Hwy 17 North from the city of Soap Lake to Road 23 […]
Join the Palouse Falls Chapter for a leisurely, free 2-3 mile hike to visit Sacajawea Bar on the Snake River! Start time: 10:00a Meeting Place: Snake River Junction Trailhead (see Google Maps for further location information). Fees: This is a state park, so a Discovery Pass or a day pass is required for parking. What […]
Join Outing Coordinators Curt and Gene of the Lower Grand Coulee Chapter on March 9th for a leisurely, free 2-1/2-mile hike to visit Ice Age Floods Features in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge at Upper Goose Lake! Date: Saturday March 9, 2024 Start time: 10:00 am Meeting Place: The GPS coordinates to the parking area […]
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. The Glacial Outburst Flood Story will include a lot of "arm-waving," pointing out flood features both along the trail and with views to the east. […]
Due to inclement weather and illnesses some missed out on the hike on the 2nd, so this is your second chance! Those who wish to carpool from northerly points can meet in the parking lot of Java Bloom for a 9AM departure time. Hike starts at the Snake River Junction Trailhead at 10AM. This is […]
Come join us for a moderate 6-mile hike to explore the Ice Age floods features in the Escure Ranch area south of Sprague, WA. The round trip hike follows a gravel road along the Rock Creek drainage and climbs about 100 feet over a small divide and back down to Towell Falls. On the way […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Come join us for an easy hike just north of Spokane to explore Ice Age floods features, led by IAFICS board member geologist Michael Hamilton. This is one of the newest conservation areas in Spokane, and has well established trails. Waikiki Springs is an out-pouring of the Spokane Aquifer through the bottom of an ancient […]
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