KU geology student Carson Rufledt works on a mapping exercise on the top of Blue Ridge in 2017. The KU geology department recently purchased 600 acres of land that makes up Blue Ridge to allow ...

We once drove through Walsenburg with a geologist named Brian Penn, passing gas stations and discount stores and fast food chains when suddenly Penn veered his Ford Ranger to the side of the road and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... GOLDEN —To call one of Golden’s museums an “undiscovered gem” is true, even it if is a wince-worthy pun. The Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum is free, ...

The Colorado Mountain Club’s Adventures in Learning series – Basics of Colorado Geology… and More! – will take place on Thursday and Saturday this week.During an informational lecture (to begin at 7 p ...

Emily Fairfax fainted when she started her PhD in geology at the University of Colorado Boulder in 2015. She was out in the field near Boulder, and it was a hot day. “We were standing and walking to ...

Colorado College geology professor Christine Siddoway made the discovery of her career from the saddle of a road bike. It was during a climb through North Cheyenne Cañon Park that Siddoway, 52, ...

The program also depends on support from alumni and keeps a lid on its costs: the four professors teaching the students from Colorado and Iceland volunteer their time. G. Lang Farmer, professor and ...

MORRISON -- Dinosaur Ridge is actually a section of the Dakota Hogback, a steeply sloped ridge that extends several hundred miles along Colorado's Front Range and divides the state's mountains from ...

The Epic Journey of Geology 310's Crew, Summer 2008 Traipsing in the Blue Ridge. Scuttling about that incredible granite exposure at Richmond’s Belle Isle. A departmental trip to the Potomac River’s ...

Helicopters will be flying low over northern Colorado during the next several months to conduct geological imaging, according to a news release from the U.S. Geological Survey. Beginning in August, ...