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Showing posts with label Middle Fork Stanislaus River. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Middle Fork Stanislaus River. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Fan of Columnar Jointing? Here's a Real Gem for You in the Sierra Nevada, and it's Not Devil's Postpile

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Tucked away in a small corner of an unheralded canyon of the Sierra Nevada is a real gem of a geological locality. It is a marvelous example...
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Friday, August 2, 2019

Anniversary of the Donnell Fire: Nothing in this World is Permanent, Except for Change

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The Dardanelles Crest in 2006 On August 1, 2018, a fire started in the Stanislaus National Forest near Donnell Vista on Highway 108. It...
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Thursday, October 12, 2017

You Just Can't Take Sonora Pass for Granite: Travels Around the Sierra Nevada High Country

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Sonora Pass in the Sierra Nevada is a sort of forgotten step-sister of the more famous Tioga Pass in Yosemite National Park. A paved road,...
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Sunday, May 25, 2014

The Other California: Highway 108 and Donnell Vista - like Yosemite, only with Volcanoes!

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Those of you who've followed my blog over the years may remember that I produced a blog series called " The Other California ...
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Garry Hayes
I am a teacher of geology at Modesto Junior College and former president of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Far Western Section. I have led field trips all over the western United States, and a few excursions overseas, but my homebase is the Sierra Nevada, the Great Valley, and the Coast Ranges of California.
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