Participants will fly to Las Vegas and board vans for a week of geologic study in Death Valley and Owens Valley. Both valleys have over 10,000 feet of relief. This is about a 4-hour drive. Field trips in and around Owens Valley. Buy food for Death Valley segment.
Field trips Death Valley.
Camp in Death Valley. The snowpack in the mountains will be thick, and some sites will be unreachable without skis or snowshoes. Weather is guaranteed to be highly variable, and can range from 80's and sunny in Death Valley to 30's, cold, and snowy in Owens Valley. Wind is guaranteed. The NOAA climate web site has climate information.