Packing Lists  ||  Field Logistics  ||  LNT Principles

Packing Lists

The Geology Department provides all group supplies for cooking, food, rock hammers, reflective vests, etc. If there is required personal gear you do not have, make sure to let your professor or the paraprof know so we can facilitate departmental rentals through the Outdoor Education - Ahlberg Gear House.

Open the Student Packing Lists PDF (v.2024-04) to see suggestions for:

• Tent Camping
• CC Baca Grande Campus
• CC Gilmore Stabler Cabin
• CC Ahlberg Gear House rentals
• Travel Health Kit

Field Logistics

• Outdoor Education Ahlberg Gear House
  • Click here for the URL: coloradocollege.edu/offices/outdooreducation/
• Camping 101
  • Click here for the PDF: in-progress
• Personal Hygiene in the Field
  
  • Click here for the PDF: in-progress
• Field Safety and Logistics
  • Open the Field Safety & Logistics PDF (v.2024-04)
• International Travel Logistics
  • Open the International Travel Logistics PDF (v.2024-04)

LNT Principles

As geological and Earth scientists, we are stewards of the outdoors. We must protect the natural world and environments that our science, careers, and passions rely on by being conscious of the impacts our actions have on outcrops, plants, animals, other people, and even entire ecosystems. Following the Leave No Trace (LNT) Seven Principles, summarized below, will help us minimize those impacts, whether outdoors for class, research, and recreational activities. These Principles can be applied anywhere and at any time.

1. Plan Ahead and Prepare
2. Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces
3. Dispose of Waste Properly
4. Leave What You Find
5. Minimize Campfire Impacts
6. Respect Wildlife
7. Be Considerate of Others

_{* Dr. Elizabeth Erickson, the Department of Geology Technical Director, has been a certified Leave No Trace Trainer since 2020. *}