Coring Trip to Water Lily Lake, Uinta Mountains

March 21 to 24, 2003

Jeff Munroe and Jeremy Shakun, Middlebury College

Ben Laabs, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Nick Oprandy, Ashley National Forest

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The view from Altonah Guard Station Truck and sleds

Hitching the trailer to Nick’s truck Yellowstone Guard Station

Inside the guard station Ben building the sleds

Morning view from Yellowstone Guard Station Towards the head of the Yellowstone

View in the Yellowstone Gearing up at Grant Spring

Ben ready to go Jeff ready to go

Jeff’s sled How will we get these up to the lake?

Nick will carry them! Ben heading up (where’s the snow?!)

Jeff’s sled on the lake… 4 hours later Jeremy arrives at the lake

Ben and Nick arrive with the pipes Jeff and the GPS ready to core

Breakthrough! Jeff and Ben lowering the corer

Ropes everywhere… Draining the core

The results of our efforts Jeremy and Ben cutting up the core

Jeff cutting up the scrap pvc Gearing up for the descent

Jeff heading out Off we go!

Jeff leaving the lake Jeremy and Nick bringing up the rear

Ben making it look easy on the way down Once again, where’s the snow!?

Unloading the cores in Vernal The cores survived the ride better than the torpedo!

A capped core and the circular saw Cutting open a core

Splitting in the lab Stratigraphy revealed!

Sampling in the lab What a great way to spend spring break!

Jeremy setting the pace Jeff bringing up the rear

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