Sagehen Creek Field Station

21 Jan, 06 AM - 23 Jan, 04 AM

Our high school is doing a month long cross disciplinary study of water. As part of that study we would like to do a three day unit on winter ecology, snow pack analysis and avalanche safety. The study's theme is The Hidden Message of Water so we want to use the time at Sagehen to raise students' awareness about how life continues in the winter environment, though hidden, and how snow itself contains messages invisible to normal inspection by the untrained eye. The group will move in the area via snow shoes and we expect to make minimal impact on the wildlife and ecosystem. We will do some observation based snow analysis on site, digging down into the snow pack to look at the information contained in the different layers. Our avalanche study will be off site. We might also like to build a snow shelter time permitting We essentially seek to house ourselves in a winter, alpine environment for a few days to develop our students' capacity to understand more about life in a winter environment. One of our staff is a winter wilderness expert with years of experience on low-impact winter camping and back country travel, avalanche safety and snow pack analysis.

Visit #16871 @Sagehen Creek Field Station

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Under Project # 19290 | Public Use

Snowpack Analysis, Avalanche Safety and Winter Habitat Observation

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Group of 3 K-12 Instructor Jan 21 - 23, 2009 (3 days)
Group of 12 K-12 Student Jan 21 - 23, 2009 (3 days)

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Classroom 15 Jan 21 - 23, 2009
East Cabin (Lower Camp) 15 Jan 21 - 23, 2009
Treehouse(Lower Camp) 15 Jan 21 - 23, 2009
West Cabin (Lower Camp) 15 Jan 21 - 23, 2009