28 BOONE PICKENS SCHOOL OF GEOLOGY The summer of 2022 saw the return of face-to-face instruction at the Les Huston Geology Field Camp near Cañon City, CO. We hosted students from OSU and eleven other universities for our 5-week program, and it felt great to be back in the mountains after two years cooped up inside! After a briefly-delayed start due to 19” of snow (!) just before the first day of camp, students quickly got out in the field and learned about the stratigraphy and structure of the Front Range by visiting the usual haunts (Grape Creek, the Mixing Bowl, and Twin Mountain), and had fun at camp and in the area during field trips to the K-Pg boundary at Trinidad, Pikes Peak, the Molly Kathleen gold mine, the Florissant fossil beds, and Spanish Peaks. We even managed to get the basketball goal up and running again, which led to some very spirited competition around camp! We are also extremely excited about our upcoming 75th anniversary celebration, which will be held during the weekend of June 7-9, 2024—this will double as an opportunity to celebrate the career of our long-time Field Camp Director, Dr. Jim Puckette, who will be retiring next spring (2024). We hope to see you all there! Field Camp 2022 Dr. Puckette explaining the benefits of long straws and properly recorded strikes and dips to OSU Senior Kaleb Smith. A group of students at the top of the “Happy Fun March” (formerly known as the “Death March”) at Grape Creek. 2022 GTA Jordon Massey and a group of field camp students keeping cool in the shade at North Twin Mountain.
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MjAxMjk=