Sept 26, 27, 28th 2025 Field Trip and campout at Teanaway & Yellow Hill

Past Field Trips

On Sept 26-28th we are planning a group campout at the Teanaway River Campground.  Due to the Labor Mtn fire closures, the field trip has been changed from Red Top to Yellow Hill.
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. Meet at the campsite or campground gate.

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

Updated: October 10, 2025 — 9:18 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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