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Field trip to see volcanic deposits beneath Baker Lake during winter drawdown. 3-12-2011.

FIELD TRIP information: Scroll down.

2012 PRESENTATION schedule:

Talks on the eruptive history and hazards of Mount Baker are presented by Mount Baker Volcano Research Center director Dave Tucker. We will have the famous MBVRC fundraiser t-shirts on hand as long as they last. We pass the hat for donations at these events to support Mount Baker volcano research.

Bellingham:

May 24 (Thursday) Backcountry Essentials, 7:30 PM. 214 West Holly Street                      New t-shirts will be available for sale.

May 30 (Wednesday) Bellingham REI, 7 PM. New t-shirts will be available for sale.

We are looking for sponsoring organizations elsewhere in the region- Mount Vernon, Everett, Seattle, Richmond, Ferndale, Concrete, Glacier. . . if you have suggestions or wish to invite a speaker for a presentation, please contact MBVRC via email:

Link: field guide to Baker deposits in the Baker River valley and Heather Meadows area, written by D. Tucker and K. Scott (2011) for the Northwest Geological Society.

FIELD TRIPS

MBVRC offers guided geology field trips to see volcanic and glacial deposits around Mount Baker. These trips are intended for the general public and the professional geology community. We have taken people to the Schreibers Meadow cinder cone, Middle Fork lahar deposits, lava flows, ash deposits and other aspects of Mount Baker geology. Subscribe to this blog (yes, it is free)  to stay informed via email so you will know when the next trip is offered. Trips are  fundraisers to support our grant program, and are open to the nongeologist public. People who sign up for field trips become members of MBVRC, and are eligible for discounts on future trips that year.

For more information contact us via email : research@mbvrc.wwu.edu (cut and paste this address, it is not a link).

Click on links below to read about recent trips, and see a selection of photos.

September 24 and October 1, 2011- Schreibers Meadow cinder cone, lava, and tephra. This trip climbs a cinder cone on the south flank of Mount Baker, and visits lava and scoriaceous tephra deposits.

July 16, 2011- Middle Fork Nooksack River lahars. A group of 20 MBVRC members had a good day examining lahar and other deposits in the Middle Fork Nooksack, and discussing future hazard to lowland Whatcom County.

March 12, 2011- Underwater lava flows in Baker River valley. Only when the Baker Reservoir is drawn down does the unusual subaqueous portion of the Sulphur Creek lava flow become visible.

November 7, 2010- The first MBVRC field trip, to the Schreibers Meadow cinder cone.

Dave Lewis, Kevin Scott, and Dave Tucker show hikers tephra in soil layers.

Kevin Scott and GSA 2007 GSA field trip participants at Boulder Creek lahar exposures.

There is rarely time for any of this on our field trips.