About us
This group's goal is to get exercise while exploring and learning about the geology and natural science of the San Francisco Bay Area. The aim is the mid-point between the hiking groups that don't stop long enough to explore and learn about what they're passing and the nature groups that see lots of great stuff, but don't get that much exercise.
Hikes will be lead by members with knowledge of unique, exotic, or otherwise fascinating features of our area. If you have a favorite hike that you'd like to lead, drop a suggestion and I'll make you a leader (you just have to commit to coming on the hike and sharing your knowledge).
Everyone with interest is invited, and presentations should be aimed at people with interest but not necessarily a strong academic background in the subject (although some conversations occasionally get pretty deep).
Our primary focus will be on geology, but we won't pass up a good tidbit of information about the flora and fauna as we hike.
I've finally started putting together a website with more details on the geology of our hikes. You can find them at https://geology.trampleasure.net/ A few direct links to pages on my site include:
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Death Valley; December 2026
Furnace Creek Campground, Airport Rd, Death Valley, CA, USWe normally open registration in early October, but this year we’re holding off until we know which roads will actually be open (hopefully no bad storms this year). Once we have that information and can plan our hikes accordingly, we’ll open registration.
General detail
We have reserved a few sites for our annual Death Valley camping/hiking trip**. It's happening this Decembe**
We don't have this year's itinerary set yet, but wanted folks to know we're on for 202
We have four sites reserved (eight cars), and are looking for people with National Parks Senior passes to help us get a couple more. If you have a Senior Pass, please let Lee know if you're comfortable with us using it. Each camping site is shared by two vehicle
If you prefer a hotel to camping, make your reservations as soon as you know you're coming to ensure you get a room.General details of our annual trip can be found here: https://geology.trampleasure.net/geology-trips-in-the-western-usa/dvn
We'll probably have a tentative itinerary decided by early October, but the typical plan i
- Dec 28th: Drive to Death Valley (it's a long drive that takes most of a day, meet folks in the late afternoon/eveni
- Dec 29-31: Three days of hikes around Death Valle
- Dec 31: Group 'no-host' dinner/drinks at the Last Kind Words Saloon to celebrate New Year's Ev
- Jan 1st: Optional drive to Racetrack Pla
- We'll drive rental Jeeps (about $150/persion for rental and gas) to this amazing feature at the far north end of the park. The last 30 miles or so is down washboard roads with a few large rocks that might damage the underside of a normal car. If you have a 4WD vehicle, you're welcome to join us and not take a seat in one of the rental Jeep
- If you don't want to (need to get back), Jan 1st would be your drive hom
- Jan 2nd: Pack up and drive hom
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