Indian Peaks Virtual Field Trip Table of Contents | Virtual Field Trips and Studies Working Group | The Virtual Geography Department |
Lesson Procedures and Schedule
Print Material
- Chronic, H., 1980 Roadside Geology of Colorado, Mountain Press Pub. Co.
- Ives, Jack D.,1980 "Introduction: A Description of the Front Range", Geoecology of the Colorado Front Range: A Study of Alpine and Subalpine Environments, J.D. Ives ed. West View Press, Boulder, CO,
- Outcault, S.I. and Benedict, J.B., 1965 "Photo-interpretation of two types of rock glaciers in the Colorado Front Range, U.S.A., Journal of Glaciology, Vol. 42, No. 5, pp 849-856.
- Outcault, S.I. and MacPhail, D.D., 1960 A Survey of Neoglaciation in the Front Range of Colorado. University of Colorado Studies Series in Earth Science, No. 4 Univ. of Colorado Press
- White, S.E., 1971 "Rock Glacier Studies in the Colorado Front Range, 1961 to 1968. Arctic and Alpine Research, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 43-64.
Environmental data for temperature, wind speed, and insolation are typical June averages and were gathered from a variety of sources:
- Barry, R., 1972 Climatic Environment of the East Slope of the Colorado Front Range, Occasional Paper No.3, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado.
- Losleben, M., 1983 Climatological Data from Niwot Ridge, East Slope, Front Range, Colorado. Long-term Ecological Research Data Report 83/10. Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research.
- Olyphant, G., 1985 "Topoclimate and the Distribution of Neoglacial Facies in the Indian Peaks Section of the Colorado Front Range, Colorado, U.S.A.", Arctic and Alpine Research, Vol. 17, No.1, pp. 69-78.
Maps
- Boulder 1:24000 USGS Topographic Map
- Ward 1:24000 USGS Topographic Map
Web Site
- Niwot Ridge Long Term Ecological Research Project home page (URL: http://culter.colorado.edu:1030/)
The Indian Peaks Virtual Field Trip is designed to supplement University level introductory physical geography classes. Students work through the exercise after introductory lectures about altitudinal zonation of vegetation, climate, and alpine glacial processes. Students should be assigned textbook readings on altitudinal zonation of vegetation and climate, and alpine glacial processes.
Lesson Procedures and Schedules
This module is a self-paced module that requires approximately two hours to complete depending on the student. It is advisable to demonstrate how the student will navigate through the lesson. Depending on the instructor's needs, students can take the entire trip or visit a select number of sites by navigating with the clickable field trip map.
No extra materials are required. Field journal pages for note taking can be printed from the journal web page.
Created 6/17/97 by Michael Ritter ( mritter@uwsp.edu ). Last revised 6/17/97