Name: "Cancelled again Wildfires" Geology Tour Lake Wenatchee Area
Start: 2025-10-05T07:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-10-05T18:00:00-07:00
Location: Issaquah Highlands Park and Ride

Join us for the day exploring the Lake Wenatchee area's geological features and topography presented by our guide Mark Lillquist Ret. professer Central Washington University.

Sorry no Shuttle Van this time!
Campers Tent or RV welcome to join us at Lake Wenatchee State Park for the whole weekend enjoying the spectacular scenery of the lake and mountains with many hikes and swimming opportunities plus the Bavarian town of Leavenworth nearby!

Official Schedule:
***Lower Lake Wenatchee Area Field Trip***
***Quick description:*** Topics will center around alpine glaciation from various sources in the Eastern Cascades near the lower Lake Wenatchee Area. Trip will begin on the beach in the southern portion of Lake Wenatchee State Park.
***Detailed schedule and the topics to be covered:***
10:00 Stop 1—Lake Wenatchee State Park—Topics: Bedrock geology; weather & climate; Wenatchee River alpine glacier.
11:00 Depart
11:30 Stop 2—Northeast of Fish Lake —Topics: Fish Lake lobe of the Wenatchee River glacier; moraines & erratics; moraine-dammed lakes; Glacier Peak & Mt. St. Helens tephras.
12:15 Depart
12:45 Stop 3—Chiwawa River Valley Overlook—Topics: Chiwawa River alpine glacier; Mad River outlet glaciers; declining contemporary glaciers.
1:45 Depart
2:00 Stop 4—Meadow Creek Valley Overlook—Topics: Meadow Creek/Napeequa glaciers; Dirtyface Mountain cirques; Napeequa River capture by White River; moraine-dammed lakes.
2:45 Depart
3:15 Stop 5—Deep Creek at Morrow Meadow—Topics: Glacial meltwater, faulting, lateral valleys, and ice age lakes.
4:00 Depart for home
***Logistics:***

* This trip is free and open to the public.
* You will need a Discover Pass for Stop 1.
* After Stop 1, we will drive on a mix of paved and good quality gravel forest roads. A Subaru-type AWD vehicles should do fine on the gravel roads.
* I strongly encourage you to consider carpooling; parking will be limited at each of the stops and lengthy strings of automobiles can be unwieldy on narrow forest roads.
* We will take short hikes at Stops 2, 3 and 4. By short, I mean 0.25 mi or less at each stop. The hiking terrain at Stops 3 and 4 will be fairly steep. Stops 2 and 4 will involve hiking off trail through recently logged areas.
* No restroom or picnic facilities are available along our field trip route after Stop 1. Therefore, you will need to use the great outdoors if you need to go. Plan on eating lunch/snacks on the road or at the stops. There will not be a formal lunch stop.
* Dogs and kids are fine to bring as long as they are well-behaved.
* Dress for the weather. September weather here can be sunny and hot to rainy, windy & cool.
* I will post a pdf of the field guide by 29 August on my CWU website at [https://www.cwu.edu/academics/geography/_documents/karl-lillquist.php](https://www.cwu.edu/academics/geography/_documents/karl-lillquist.php). Scroll down the page to “Field Guides”. You will find it under “Lower Lake Wenatchee Area”. Feel free to download and bring it on the field trip in digital format or print it out.
* The Ellensburg Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will also provide \~40 hard copies of the field guide for the trip. There is no cost for the field guides. However, if you are not a member of the Ellensburg Chapter, please consider making a donation to the chapter to help cover the costs of the field guides (each cost \~$13/each).

Info: https://iafi.org/event/lower-chiwawa-river-valley-field-trip/

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