Hikes & Field Trips

ICL bus tours are back! Join us for a three-day, two-night bus trip to Death Valley National Park (Jan 5-7/2022). Our guide will be the incomparable Janice Hayden of Utah Tech University’s Earth and Environmental Sciences Department. The itinerary includes several hikes rated easy to moderate. The price for the trip is still being worked out, but will be less than half of a comparable commercial tour. Look for more information at the ICL Welcome Back Ice Cream Social and during registration. Don’t miss this opportunity to spend quality time with a busload of fully vaccinated ICL friends.
Tour will include:

• Professional, full-time trained geologist all three days
• Visits to Shoshone Museum, Ashford Mills, Badwater Salt Flats (hike), Mushroom Rock, Ubehebe Crater (hike), Furnace Creek, Sand Dunes, Stovepipe Wells, Salt Creek, Borax Works, Zabriskie Point, Golden Canyon (hike), and more
• Transportation on deluxe UT Road Scholar climate-controlled bus with onboard toilet
• Dinner & lodging Wednesday & Thursday nights at The Ranch in Death Valley National Park
• Six meals (two breakfasts, two lunches, two dinners)
• Admission to the park
• Stargazing at an internationally certified “Dark Night Sky” location
• Drinks and snacks