2024 -- CCGC CLASS and FIELD TRIP CALENDAR
You must be a CCGC member to participate in classes or field trips.
Memberships cannot be renewed or obtained the day of the class / field trip. Click here for membership information.
Memberships cannot be renewed or obtained the day of the class / field trip. Click here for membership information.
- Fees are required prior to the event and at the time of sign up. Cancellations are refundable until 24 hours before trip.
- There will be a minimum $5 fee for all classes
ARG Field Trip Release of Liability Form
Since many Cañon City Geology Club's field trips during 2023/2024 will be joint field trips with the Pueblo Rock Hounds and Columbine Gem and Mineral Society, a combined Field Trip Release of Liability Form has been prepared to cover all three clubs, regardless of the sponsoring club. Please click here to see the form. (Only required once; rolls over from year to year.)
Since many Cañon City Geology Club's field trips during 2023/2024 will be joint field trips with the Pueblo Rock Hounds and Columbine Gem and Mineral Society, a combined Field Trip Release of Liability Form has been prepared to cover all three clubs, regardless of the sponsoring club. Please click here to see the form. (Only required once; rolls over from year to year.)
Field Trips and Classes - Calendar/Registration
The Class and Field Trip schedule is shown below. Members will receive an email about 2 weeks in advance of the field trip. You may sign up for any field trip listed below as soon as they are posted by emailing Greg Sharp at harleyguitar9@gmail.com. Please DO NOT email CCGC directly. You will only slow down your registration as it gets forwarded to one of the people above. The attendance for all events will be limited to members only and will be offered on a first registered basis. If a fee is required, registration is not complete until the fee is received by CCGC.
Details of each upcoming field trip are after the Calendar.
January
20 - South Canon Geology Trial
February
March
April
13 - Royal Gorge Regional Museum guided tour.
18 - (Repeat) Royal Gorge Regional Museum guided tour.
20 - Mineral ID
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Other Field trips for 2024 will be added as plans are finalized.
Details of each upcoming field trip are after the Calendar.
January
20 - South Canon Geology Trial
February
March
April
13 - Royal Gorge Regional Museum guided tour.
18 - (Repeat) Royal Gorge Regional Museum guided tour.
20 - Mineral ID
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Other Field trips for 2024 will be added as plans are finalized.
Field Trip Details
April 13 & 18 - Royal Gorge Regional Museum guided tour. The focus of the guided tour is the local fossils that have had the conservation process started at the museum. We will have the opportunity to take a small group, no more than ten members at a time, into the basement work area to see and ask questions about the local fossils with the museum director or other staff member. We can take guided tours of the galleries while we wait our turn for the fossil prep tour.
April 20 - Basic Mineral ID with a Practical Lab to Identify our Specimens, to be taught by Bob Carnein, on April 20,2024 at 2:00. The class will be held at the Christ First Community Church (formerly Methodist) Fellowship Hall at the corner of Main and 9th Street in Canon. This is the same building we have meetings in.
This is a new class with a focus on learning basic skills to identify our local specimens. The class will consist of an hour of lecture, more or less, followed by a practical lab of an hour, more or less, where we will use what we have learned to identify our specimens that we have brought to class. We will learn how to use a microscope to study cleavage and fracture. We will also learn how to calculate specific gravity with a common scale. If you have a microscope, either a mirror type or the modern cell phone style, please bring it.
This class has a nine page handout that can be printed or downloaded to your device, or you can watch the same information on a slide show and take notes. If the Club prints the nine page handout, the class price is $15, without the handout, the cost is $10. The PDF will be supplied with all class payments for your use at no additional charge
Other field trips are being considered and will be added to calendar as they are scheduled.