Oct 4, 5, 6th 2024 Field Trip and campout at Teanaway & Redtop (Revised)

Past Field Trips

Revised as of Sept. 25th

Details have changed regarding our upcoming Camping / rockhounding weekend of Oct. 4,5,6.

Due to the wild fire in the First Creek area, the Crystal Mtn / Crystal Ridge roads are also closed to the public. The closure order is effective through Oct. 31st, or until the order is lifted. They continue to do controlled burns to circumvent the fire’s spread and although complete containment is estimated to be Oct. 1st, I don’t think we can plan the roads opening by next week.

So instead, the plan is to get a large campsite at the Teanaway Neighborhood Forest campground on the Teanaway River and go to Red Top on Sat. Oct 5th.
Teanaway Campground – 1160 W Fork Teanaway Rd, Cle Elum, WA 98922
Discover Pass required for any vehicle entering the campground.

Let me know if you’re planning to camp and we’ll organize a dinner plan within that group.

If you’re just wanting to come up for Sat., let me know that too. We’ll get someone to lead the group up from Cle Elum

Roger Danneman (roger.danneman@gmail.com  hm # 425-228-8781 or cell  # 425-757-3506).

Updated: October 9, 2024 — 3:53 pm

Presidents Message

  • Digging It!  Thanks to everyone who came to the club camp out at Teanaway campground near Cle Elum last month. After a brief spell of rain the first night, we were blessed with sun, clear skies, and rockhounding the rest of the weekend. And a big thanks to Roger Danneman for doing all of the trip organizing, and keeping us all warm and well fed during the weekend. This month I’ll be giving a talk at our club meeting about how to use Gaia for rockhounding. If you have specific questions, please bring them along or feel free to email …

Meeting Announcements

  • Noelle Barnes will present Using Gaia for Rockhounding, an overview of the features and tricks associated with the app Gaia and how you can use it for GPS, saving waypoints, navigation, photo tagging, trail recording and more. Show and Tell: Bring the rock(s) that have the best “story” – and tell everyone how you found them and where!

  • Club board member Paul Ahnberg will talk to us about the impact of wildfires on our lives – from protecting your home to staying safe while out rockhounding – and what we can do today to help mitigate our risk. Paul will combine his knowledge gained from learning at both the WSU Green School (Master Gardener) and WSU Climate Steward programs. Show and Tell: Bring something you found, from a place that you know has since been impacted by floods or wildfires – or was impacted shortly before you arrived. Tell your story!

  • December’s date and time is coming soon. We will update this page as soon as we know more.

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