Tour #2 Schedule:
9:15am – 10:00am
Travel from Hotel to Colorado School of Mines Mine (CSM)
10:00am – 12:00pm
Mine Tour
12:00pm – 12:30pm
Travel to CSM Geology Museum
12:30pm – 1:00pm
Lunch (Box lunch to be arranged by G-I)
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Tour of Geology Museum
2:00pm – 2:15pm
Travel to Coors Winery
2:15pm – 3:15pm
Tour of Coors Winery and Refreshments
3:45pm – 4:00pm
Travel to Hotel
Tour #3: South Platte Reservoir/Red Rocks Tour (Maximum: 40)
Participants will travel from the hotel to the South Platte Reservoir, one of the newest and largest gravel pit to reservoir conversions. After a discussion about water resources needs and solutions along the Front Range, the group will tour the site, examining the spillway, flood channel, slope liner, dam embankment, and outlet works. The group will then travel to Red Rocks, the naturally formed, world-renowned outdoor amphitheatre. After eating a box lunch the group will tour Red Rocks Park, which encompasses 818 acres and is open to hikers and sightseers year-round. The Visitor Center has an amazing display chronicling the amphitheatre’s geologic evolution and entertainment history. After touring the amphitheatre, the group will make some stops along the adjacent Dinosaur Ridge where dinosaur footprints and other fossils are visible in the rock. Finally, the group will travel to the Coors Winery where they will tour the brewery and partake in samples of the Coors products in the hospitality lounge. After refreshments at the Coors Winery the group will be taken back to the hotel.
Tour #3 Schedule:
10:00am – 10:30am
Travel to South Platte Reservoir
10:30am – 12:00pm
Tour of South Platte Reservoir
12:00pm – 12:30pm
Travel to Red Rocks
12:30pm – 1:00pm
Lunch (Box lunch to be arranged by G-I)
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Red Rocks Tour
2:00pm – 2:15pm
Travel to Dinosaur Ridge
2:15pm – 3:00pm
Tour of Dinosaur Ridge
3:00pm – 3:15pm
Travel to Coors Winery
3:15pm – 4:15pm
Tour of Coors Winery and Refreshments
4:15pm – 4:45pm
Travel to Hotel
We are pleased to offer three
post-congress Technical Tours on Thursday, February 22, 2007
ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE. RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE BY 12:00PM ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19 AT THE CONGRESS REGISTRATION DESK.
TOURS MAY BE CANCELLED DUE TO LACK OF THE REQUIRED MINIMUM ATTENDANCE. IN THIS CASE, REFUNDS WILL BE GRANTED.
Tour #1: University of Colorado/National Center for
Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Tour (Maximum: 30)
Participants will travel from the hotel to the University of Colorado (CU) where they will tour the CU Geotechnical Laboratory in the Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering Department. The laboratory includes the 400 g-ton capacity geotechnical centrifuge, one of the largest in the world, a flow processes laboratory for studying soft and unsaturated soil behavior, and an instructional laboratory with web accessible test control and data acquisition. An instructional centrifuge with the digital image processing capabilities is also located in this state of the art teaching facility. After eating a box lunch, the tour participants will travel to the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) where they will tour the NCAR facilities. The tour will consist of a short movie and a walking tour covering the architecture of the building, new research developments and information on weather and climate. Following this tour the group will travel to the Boulder Creek Winery where they will take a self-guided tour of the winery and sample wines among the tanks and barrels of the working winery. After refreshments at the Boulder Creek Winery the group will be taken back to the hotel.
Tour #1 Schedule:
10:00am – 10:30am
Travel from Hotel to University of Colorado (CU)
10:30am – 12:00pm
Tour of CU-Boulder Geotechnical Laboratories
12:00pm – 12:30pm
Lunch (Box lunch to be arranged by G-I)
12:30pm – 1:00pm
Travel to NCAR
1:00pm – 3:00pm
Tour of NCAR
3:00pm – 3:15pm
Travel to Boulder Creek Winery
3:15pm – 4:15pm
Boulder Creek Winery Tour and Refreshments
4:15pm – 4:45pm
Travel to Hotel
Tour #2: Colorado School of Mines Tour
(Maximum: 25)
Participants will travel from the hotel to the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) Edgar Mine, also known as Colorado School of Mines’ Experimental Mine. In the 1870s, it produced high-grade silver, gold, lead and copper. The Edgar Mine was named after the Edgar mineral vein that runs along the hillside above the mine. CSM acquired the mine in 1921, when officers of the then bankrupt Big Five Mining Company agreed to lease the mine to the school. CSM has since acquired additional workings and land to form the present experimental mine holdings, which are now the property of the school. The mine is considered to have the safest rock formations and best underground workings of any comparable facility in the area. After eating a box lunch, the tour participants will travel to the CSM for a tour of the CSM Geology Museum. In the museum you can peruse the display of pproximately 50,000 minerals, fossils, gemstones, and artifacts. About the time you’ve seen “the best” crystals, you’ll be dazzled by the display case. From the blues of Azurite to the reds and pinks of Rhodochrosite, whites and yellows of Quartz to the oranges and yellows of Wulfenite, the wide variety of colors, along with impressive sizes and shapes make this museum tour a memorable event. The displays are well lit and documented as to the type and origin of the specimens. There is also a fine display of good old Colorado gold! Following this tour the group will travel to the Coors Winery where they will tour the brewery and partake in samples of the Coors products in the hospitality lounge. After refreshments at the Coors Winery the group will be taken back to the hotel.
