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SELF-GUIDED GEOLOGY FIELD TRIPS
We are pleased to provide the service of self-guided geology field trips. The field trip guides are put together by Whitehall Geogroup, Inc., which is to say that the guides are done by two Ph.D. earth scientists, both of whom have several decades experience in field geology. We offer both pre-compiled field trip guides and guides for custom designed field trips. Our pre-compiled field trip guides are presently for areas in southwestern Montana. Custom designed field trip guides can be provided for other areas of geologic interest. Field
trip guides are presented in Adobe Acrobat pdf format Desktop/Handheld devices: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html Pre-Compiled Field Trips We currently offer two pre-compiled geology field trip guides. These guides are: The hike is in that part of the Gallatin Petrified Forest that is located in the Tom Miner Basin (approximately 37 miles south of Livingston, Montana). The field trip winds through a part of the Gallatin National Forest, and is about two miles in length. Access to the trailhead is by county road, and can be reached by passenger car. As an example, the first two pages of the Gallatin Petrified Forest Self-Guided Field Trip pdf file can be linked to by clicking on the "Petrified Forest" hyperlink shown below: PETRIFIED FOREST SELF-GUIDED FIELD TRIP EXAMPLE PAGES (209 KB)
Also, we now have a vidcast for the Petrified Forest Field trip - click on: Petrified Forest Link , and you will link to the mpeg4 file (21 MB). Depending on your download speed, this could take several minutes before you can begin viewing. The vidcast is an overview of the hike (much more info is contained in the pdf version), but the vidcast will give you an idea of the hike. A quick note: you need to have Quicktime installed to view the vidcast.
There are two hikes contained within this guide for the Fairy Lake area, an area which is located in the northern Bridger Range, approximately 22 miles north of Bozeman, Montana. Both hikes are in the Gallatin National Forest. One hike, from Fairy Lake to Sacagawea Peak is about 4.4 miles in length. The other hike, a loop around Fairy Lake, is about 1.2 miles in length. Access to the trailhead is by a Forest Service road, and can be reached by passenger car after July 1. The hike from Fairy Lake to Sacagawea Peak takes the hiker through a fairly complete section of Paleozoic rocks. The loop around Fairy Lake winds through a part of the Mesozoic section of rocks. The Fairy Lake Field Trip Guide is formatted to 15 pages that are standard letter size. The guide includes 19 photographs of geology viewed during the hike, 3 maps (2 topographic maps with hiking information and one road map), a geologic time scale, and text detailing the geology along the hike. Cost for the field trip guide is $5.00 USD for a pdf file download or $8.50 USD for the file on cd-rom (file size is 13.11 MB), and shipped using USPS First Class Mail (price includes shipping/handling costs).
ORDERING INFORMATION We use PayPal's secure payment web site to do our payment transactions. To order the Gallatin Petrified Forest Self-Guided Geology Tour click on the desired field trip media option as shown on the PayPal shopping cart icon below:
As soon as we are notified by PayPal of the order, we will ship your guide!
The Self-Guided Fieldtrip CD-ROM can also be ordered from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists' On-Line Bookstore. Click on : AAPG Bookstore to link to their ordering page. Other self-guided field trips that will soon be available are:
Custom Designed Field Trips
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